Title: Animal-Head Knife
Object type: Knife
Date: 11th century BCE
Culture: China
Period: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Medium: Bronze inlaid with turquoise
Dimensions: H. 10 15/16 in. (27.8 cm); W. 1 9/16 (4 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY