Copper Axe with Shells
Object type: Axe blade
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Vicús
Date: 3rd century BCE–2nd century CE
Medium: Copper, shell
Dimensions: Length 4-5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Classification: Metal-Implements
Geography:     Peru  
Credit line: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986
Accession year: 1987