Weapons and AmmunitionIrish2nd millennium BCE
Flanged Axe Head
2nd millennium BCE
Dimensions
6.3 x 1.2 x 11.8 cm (2 1/2 x 1/2 x 4 5/8 in.)
Provenance
W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
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