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Axes: Bronze axe, Shang dynasty

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dc.contributor.authorConsten, Eleanor von Erdberg
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialChina
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-24T03:08:29Z
dc.date.available2020-08-24T03:08:29Z
dc.date.created1958
dc.date.updated2020-08-24T03:08:29Z
dc.descriptionThe size of this axe indicates that it was probably used as a sacrificial weapon in the beheading of human or animal victims. Leather straps were drawn through the slits in the blade, thus fixing it firmly to the wooden shaft. The perforated animal design is a t'ao-t'ieh (taotie) flanked by dragons. -- h: 35 cm.
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumb&w
dc.identifierANUA 682-5004
dc.identifier.otherC-207
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/208088
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2156
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectmetalwork
dc.subjectbronze
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleAxes: Bronze axe, Shang dynasty
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Eleanor von Erdberg Consten, Das alte China (Ancient China), Berlin, Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, 1958, Plate 12 (bottom)

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