Short Sword
Unidentified Luristan maker
Near East
Bronze
Overall: 19 1/2 × 2 1/8 × 3/4 in. (49.5 × 5.4 × 1.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968
EL.2017.65.69
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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