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Flanged Axe Head
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Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Walton Brooks McDaniel New Jersey (?-1943/46) gift; to the Department of the Classics Harvard University (1943/46-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Note: Walton Brooks McDaniel gave a portion of his collection to the Department of the Classics in 1943 and the rest in 1946. The Collection is named for his late wife Alice Corinne McDaniel.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
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