Title: Polished Stone Axe (Masei sekifu)
Object type: Axe
Culture: Japan
Period: Late Jōmon period (ca. 1500–1000 BCE)
Medium: Serpentine
Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); D. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Classification: Stone
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY