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Cabeça de machado

ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Not on view
Este machado de excepcional fabricação, fundido em prata e folheado a ouro, representa um demônio com cabeça de pássaro que luta com um javali e um dragão. O corpo do javali está contorcionado de tal forma que seu dorso peludo define o gume do machado (superior direita), na parte inferior, um furo redondo servia para encaixar uma alça redonda de madeira. Os materiais preciosos indicam que a função deste machado era cerimonial mais do que prática. Uma próspera cultura urbana floresceu em Báctria-Margiana no final do terceiro milênio e princípios do segundo milênio a.C., sustentada em parte pelo comércio de bens de luxo e mercadorias utilitárias com as civilizações do Irã, Mesopotâmia e Anatólia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Cabeça de machado
  • Período: Idade de Bronze
  • Data: ca. 2000 a.C.
  • Geografia: Bactria-Margiana (Asia Central)
  • Meio: Prata, folheado a ouro
  • Dimensões: 15 cm de largura
  • Linha de créditos: Compra, doações do fundo Harris Brisbane Dick e de James N. Spear e Schimmel Foundation Inc., 1982
  • Número de acesso: 1982.5
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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