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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Axe Head
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins

Axe Head

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureSyro-Palestinian
Dateca. 2000 B.C.
MediumBronze
Dimensionsapprox. h. 2 in. (5.1 cm)
w. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number96.1.29
GeographyDescriptionAn oblong bronze axehead with two horizontal oval openings for attachment to a shaft.ProvenanceFrances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick J. Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1994; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick J. Wilkins, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996Exhibition History“A Bridge from East to West: Near Eastern Art from the Frances and Frederick Wilkins Collection,” San Antonio Museum of Art, Dec. 9, 1995-Feb. 25, 1996
Not on view
Collections
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Axe Head
Culture: Egyptian
ca. 1985-1773 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances & Frederick Wilkins.
Axe Head
Culture: Syrian
ca. 2000 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Helmet
Culture: Greek
ca. 650-600 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frederick Wilkins.
Axe
Culture: Indian
18th-early 19th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Mace Head
Culture: Iranian
ca. 2500 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Javelin Head
Culture: Scythian
7th - 4th century B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Arrow Head
Culture: Scythian
ca. 675-300 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Javelin Head
Culture: Sumerian
ca. 2500 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Javelin Head
Culture: Scythian
7th-4th Century BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Arrow Head
Culture: Scythian
ca. 675-300 B.C.
Group image: 86.138.86 and 86.138.264. Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Lamp with a Lion's-head Handle
Culture: Roman
1st century A.D.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances & Frederick Wilkins
Axe Head
Culture: Syrian
ca. 2000 B.C.

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