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Ceremonial Object in the Shape of an Ax
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Bronze alloy, Bronze and Iron Age, Indonesia possibly Sulawesi
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase George McFadden Gift and Edith Perry Chapman Fund 1993
Title: Ceremonial Object in the Shape of an Ax
Description:
Bronze alloy, Bronze and Iron Age, Indonesia possibly Sulawesi.
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