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

Southern Siberia
6th century BCE - 5th century BCE
15.7 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm (6 3/16 x 1/2 x 1/8 in.)
bronze
BZ.1928.4

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Description

Curving blade with decoration where blade meets handle; there is an animal on end of handle.

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.

Mr. and Mrs. 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