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Polished Stone Axe (Masei sekifu)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a polished stone axe head. The axe head is made of brown stone with darker brown and black speckles throughout. It is shaped like a trapezoid with rounded edges, tapering from a wider bottom to a narrower top. The surface of the axe head is smooth and shiny, indicating that it has been polished. The background of the image is light gray, and the axe head casts a shadow on the right side.

Artwork Details

Medium
Serpentine
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
416 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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