Ceremonial Ax-Head

Object Details

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Exhibition History

  Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier (November 19, 1995 to September 2, 1996)

• Origin

  Shaanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 1000s

• Place

  Shaanxi province, China

• Topic

  Bronze, Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE), Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Ceremonial objects