Stone sword (point broken) / Artist Unknown, Korea

About this Item

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.)
Century: 9th century BCE - 8th century BCE
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.
Primary Keywords: ceremonial swords; korean peninsula (peninsula); stone; weapons
Secondary Keywords: asia (continent); ceremonial weapons; descriptors; geographic and political locations; inorganic material; materials; materials by composition; objects we use; rock; rock by form; weapons and ammunition
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 1243 x 315
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Record: 1960/2.117
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Full citation: "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 April 19, 2024.