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Title: Dagger-axe blade (ge)
Period: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.)
Date: ca. 3rd century BCE
Culture: China
Medium: Bronze inlaid with gold
Dimensions: W. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm); L. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 2006
Accession Number: 2006.3
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