Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe) / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1996/2.19
- Title
- Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Artist Nationality
- Chinese
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite patina
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Henan (province)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Henan (province)
- Credit Line
- Gift in memory of John Carnig Husisian
- Dimensions
- 27.6 cm x 7.7 cm x 4 cm (10 7/8 in. x 3 1/16 in. x 1 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 13th-11th century BCE
- Primary Object Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Physical Description
- ceremonial bronze ge dagger-axe, with pointed blade on one end and zoomorphic tang of stylized bird motif on the other.
- Subject Matter
- ceremonial bronze ge dagger-axe of Middle Shang to early Late Shang Shang period, frequently seen in the tombs of elite warriors. The zoomorphic tang is decorated with stylized bird motif. Its elaborate design suggests that it was probably for ceremonial display rather than combat. The zoomorphic tang is decorated with stylized bird motif. Similar objects is seen in the tomb of royal lady Fu Hao of early Late Shang, excavated in Anyang (Plate LXXII). Institute of Archaeology, CASS 1986. Yinxu Fuhao mu (Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang). Beijing: Wenwu Press.
- Secondary Keywords
- copper alloy
- copper and copper alloy
- descriptors
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- metal
- metal and metal products
- metal by composition or origin
- nonferrous metal
- objects
- weaponry
- whip
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2716 x 932
- File Size
- 337 KB
- Record
- 1996/2.19
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