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Dagger-axe (<em>ge</em> 戈), fragment reworked
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Dagger-axe (<em>ge</em> 戈), fragment reworked

ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Miniature blade; chalky white incrustation with traces of cream color showing through in worn spots; blade bevelled; butt decorated with bands of vertical and horizontal incised lines, conical perforations bored from one side in center of butt. (Blade edge badly chipped and broken.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Subjects
Ceremonial objects
Credit lineDagger-axe (<em>ge</em> 戈), fragment reworked. ca. 1300-ca. 1050 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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