Dumbarton Oaks - Knife with an Animal in relief attached to the Handle

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Knife with an Animal in relief attached to the Handle

Siberian
6th century BCE - 5th century BCE
20.6 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm (8 1/8 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
bronze
BZ.1928.3

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Description

A bronze knife, cast in one piece, with a bear on its hilt and a stylized bird head at its shaft.

Bibliography

Handbook of the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Harvard University (Washington, DC, 1967), no. 91.

Acquisition History

Purchased from Kalebdjian, Paris, July 14, 1928, through Royall Tyler, Paris.

Mildred Barnes and Robert Woods Bliss, Dumbarton Oaks.

Harvard University, The Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, November 1940.

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Byzantine Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Object Last Modified: 11/16/2023