Short Sword

Unidentified Luristan maker
Near East

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not dated

Bronze

Overall: 15 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 7/8 in. (40.5 × 4.9 × 2.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968

EL.2017.65.67

Geography

Place Made: Iran, West Asia, Asia

Period

2000-1000 BCE

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Near East

Not on view

Provenance

Estate of Dr. Henry Hersch Hart (1886-1968), San Francisco, California; Argonaut Book Shop (Robert D. Haines), San Francisco, California; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, March 26, 1975; lent to present collection 1994-2003; lent to present collection, 2017.

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