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Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon
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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
Title: Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon
Description:
Silver gold foil, Bronze Age, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex.
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