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This dagger-ax is cast with series of slits to be tied to a shaft, and it is distinctive for the curved profile of its short beak. On one side it bears an inscription naming the Yan Kingdom, one of the last states to fall to the Qin Empire during the Warring States period.
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Title: Dagger-Ax (Ge)
Date: 3rd century BCE
Culture: Chinese, Yan kingdom
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm); L. 10 1/4 in. (26.04 cm); Wt. 11.2 oz. (317 g)
Classification: Shafted Weapons
Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Object Number: 13.220.139a
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