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Dagger-axe (<em>ge</em>) by Abel William Bahr, Charles Lang Freer — VisualArtsDB

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Weapon and armament
Dagger-axe (<em>ge</em>)

Dagger-axe (<em>ge</em>)

Dagger-axe (<em>ge</em>)

Abel William Bahr Charles Lang Freer

1000

Medium: Bronze
Genre: Weapon and armament
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Weapon and Armament

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Chinese ArtsculptureArtbronzeAnyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)Charles Lang Freer collectionMetal-work

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