Dagger-axe (<em>ge</em> 戈), fragment
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2000-ca. 1400 BCE
label: Period
content: Erlitou culture or early Shang dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Fragment of ceremonial implement, of the type ko [ge] 戈; a notched handle with circular perforation and a portion of the slightly curved blade with median ridge; opaque black with traces of dark brown near perforation;
label: Description
content: smooth surface. (Jagged break across blade; cracks.)
label: Description
content: Acquired with a box, now lost.
label: Provenance
content: Reportedly excavated from Shansi province [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1917
label: Provenance
content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1917 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1917 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1305, pg. 295, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [4] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: probably Shaanxi province, but purportedly found at Shanxi, China
topic: label: Topic
content: jade
label: Topic
content: nephrite
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Erligang period, Early Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1400 BCE)
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
culture: label: Culture
content: Erlitou culture, ca. 2000-1600 BCE
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
label: Related Online Resources
content: Jades for Life and Death
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1917.365
objectType: label: Type
content: Ceremonial Object
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Jade (nephrite)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 9.5 x 29.4 x 0.7 cm (3 3/4 x 11 9/16 x 5/16 in)