Axe
-1766–-1045
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE)
About
The head of an owl with large eyes and ears, sitting above the blade of a halberd-axe, may have deterred evil and harm from its carrier. Whether such an axe was used in ritual or warfare is not clear.