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Results for "Ceremonial blade"12 records

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Ceremonial Blade with Three Perforations (Dao) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ceremonial Blade with Three Perforations (Dao)

Unrecorded maker

2000–1700 BCE · Jade, jade (nephrite)

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Ceremonial Dagger-Axe with Animal Masks (Ge) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ceremonial Dagger-Axe with Animal Masks (Ge)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1600–1050 BCE · Jade, jade (nephrite)

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Ceremonial Axe (gano) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ceremonial Axe (gano)

Unrecorded maker

1900s, by 1928 · Arms and Armor, Iron, wood, and metal

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Blade from a Ceremonial Adze by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Blade from a Ceremonial Adze

Unrecorded maker

1800s · Sculpture, stone

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Parade Halberd by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Parade Halberd

Unrecorded maker

c. 1600–50 · Arms and Armor, steel, engraved; rectangular wood haft with planed corners

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Halberd by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Halberd

Unrecorded maker

c. 1600–25 · Arms and Armor, steel, pierced; appliqué masks in brass; octagonal wood haft with studs and leather straps

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Ceremonial Adze by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ceremonial Adze

Unrecorded maker

1800s · Sculpture, wood, stone, fiber

Cleared · CC0

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Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Two-Handed Sword with Flamboyant Blade

Unrecorded maker

1550–1600 · Arms and Armor, steel, leather and wood grip with brass rivets; bronze pommel

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Ballgame Palma by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ballgame Palma

Unrecorded maker

c. 900–1100 · Sculpture, stone

Cleared · CC0

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Glaive (with Arms of Giustini Family) by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Glaive (with Arms of Giustini Family)

Unrecorded maker

c. 1600–1620 · Arms and Armor, steel, etched; wood haft

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Haft from a Ceremonial Adze by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Haft from a Ceremonial Adze

Unrecorded maker

1800s · Sculpture, wood, fiber

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Ceremonial Paddle by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ceremonial Paddle

Unrecorded maker

1800s · Sculpture, wood

Cleared · CC0

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