Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon

Date

ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE

Type

Axe

Medium

Silver, gold foil

Department

Ancient West Asian Art

Culture

Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

1982.5

Credit

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, and James N. Spear and Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1982