Axe blade

Museum number:
9-22635a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4349
Description:
jade, ceremonial axe blade (broken), notched along 4.5cm of each side. broken 2cm below the notched section. 0.5cm hole in lower blade (a). housed in a silk covered, padded box (b).
Donor:
Estate of Elizabeth Huff
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia, China, Peking
Collector:
Elizabeth Huff
Materials:
Jade (rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (stone tools)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
August 5, 1988
Context of use:
ceremonial
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 9.8 centimeters, width 6.8 centimeters, and length 0.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Axe blade, accession number 9-22635a,b, described as jade, ceremonial axe blade (broken), notched along 4.5cm of each side. broken 2cm below the notched section. 0.5cm hole in lower blade (a). housed in a silk covered, padded box (b).Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Axe blade, accession number 9-22635a,b, described as jade, ceremonial axe blade (broken), notched along 4.5cm of each side. broken 2cm below the notched section. 0.5cm hole in lower blade (a). housed in a silk covered, padded box (b).Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Axe blade, accession number 9-22635a,b, described as jade, ceremonial axe blade (broken), notched along 4.5cm of each side. broken 2cm below the notched section. 0.5cm hole in lower blade (a). housed in a silk covered, padded box (b).

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