Stone sword (point broken) / Artist Unknown, Korea
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.117
- Title
- Stone sword (point broken)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- gray stone
- Object Creation Date
- 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
- Period
- Korea, Bronze Age
- Dimensions
- 39 cm x 8 cm x 2 cm (15 3/8 in. x 3 1/8 in. x 13/16 in.)
- Physical Description
- Stone sword with broken point. Short in length
- Subject Matter
- Stone swords were used 3000 years ago throughout Korea and iron swords were developed during the Three Kingdom era (57 BC - 668 AD). Shorter swords like this one were typically used in battle for follow up attacks.
- Secondary Keywords
- asia (continent)
- ceremonial weapons
- descriptors
- geographic and political locations
- inorganic material
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- materials by composition
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- rock
- rock by form
- weapons and ammunition
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1243 x 315
- File Size
- 34 KB
- Record
- 1960/2.117
- Link to this Item
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"Stone sword (point broken); Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-2.117/1960_2.117.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.