Weapons and AmmunitionEuropean2nd millennium BCE
Palstave
2nd millennium BCE
Dimensions
3.8 x 2.4 x 8.8 cm (1 1/2 x 15/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Provenance
W. C. Burriss Young, Cambridge, MA, bequest; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2002.
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