Weapons and AmmunitionEuropean2nd millennium BCE
Palstave
2nd millennium BCE
Dimensions
2.7 x 4.1 x 8.5 cm (1 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Provenance
W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
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