Weapons and AmmunitionItalic15th-13th century BCE
Flanged Axe Head
16th-13th century BCE
Description
This fragmentary axe head has a grooved upper and lower edge with a curved side. It is broken and the right half is missing.
Dimensions
5.1 x 4.4 cm (2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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