Blade-Shaped Object with Anthropomorphic Handle

Panama, Pre-Columbian

About 1400

Titles Blade-Shaped Object with Anthropomorphic Handle (Descriptive)
Medium earthenware
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Spencer, Jr., 1963.249
Object Name axe
Classification Weapons and Ammunition

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Bowl, Pre-Columbian, fired clay and slip

Bowl with flat bottom, flaring toward top; decorated with supernatural creature, and abstract, zoomorphic design elements

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