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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. 2100 B.C.
MediumBronze
Dimensionsl. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
w. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Credit LineSan Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number96.1.35
Geography
Place madeSyria
DescriptionA slender bronze axe head with a notch in its lower edge.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
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Culture: Roman
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Adze Head
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San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Axe Head
Culture: Syro-Palestinian
ca. 2000 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances & Frederick Wilkins.
Axe Head
Culture: Syrian
ca. 2000 B.C.

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