Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
ShareThis
Javascript must be enabled to continue!

Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon

View through The Met
Silver gold foil, Bronze Age, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Rights: Public Domain
Ancient West Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and James N. Spear and Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gifts 1982
image-zoom
Title: Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon
Description:
Silver gold foil, Bronze Age, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex.

Related Results

mask
mask
1916.9.289 Name and identification of character Mask used as an icon. The icon depicts a demon called kalu yaka (Sin.), also called kalu kumaraya (Sin.). Context The icon, in the...
figure, sculpture, mask
figure, sculpture, mask
1916.9.327 Name and identification of character The chief of the Sanni demons, known variously as the Maha-kola-sanni yaka (yaka is also referred to as yaksaya, meaning demon), or...
mask
mask
1916.9.321 Name and identification of character The head of the Sanni demon family, referred to as Maha-kola sanni yaka, Raja-mulu sanni yaka, or Daha-ata sanni yaka (Sin.) (Yaka ...
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Herakles and Erymanthian Boar; Warrior Farewell Scene
Neck Amphora (storage jar): Herakles and Erymanthian Boar; Warrior Farewell Scene
On one side: Herakles capturing the Erymanthian boar. The Erymanthian boar was a monster which plagued the central Peloponnese around Mt. Erymanthos, and it was one of Herakles’ la...
Wild Boar
Wild Boar
Represented in an alert position, almost as if stopped in its tracks, this wild boar appears to be facing an opponent, either another wild animal or, more likely, a hunter, such as...
ROMAN MINIATURE OBJECT
ROMAN MINIATURE OBJECT
Roman copper-alloy miniature axe. The axe is in good condition with a green patina and weighs 6.71grams. It has a circular-sectioned shaft which is 3.5mm in diameter at its base a...
scroll painting
scroll painting
The depictions of hell on the scroll are as follows, from left to right and top to bottom: 1. A seated underworld official with bare chest and belly is drinking, while a man and a ...
skulptur, figur, mask, sculpture
skulptur, figur, mask, sculpture
1916.9.329 Name and Name The love of this demon is not clear. In the Umlauff Catalogue, it is as otbi yaku. But the phonetical spelling is rect. A male demon odor di yaksaya exist...

Back to Top