Ibex Whetstone Handle
-1100–-900
- Medium
- bronze, cast
- Dimensions
- Overall: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Iran, Luristan
About
For millennia, whetstones have been used for sharpening various kinds of metal blades. They were particularly important in Luristan, a center that produced bronze blades.