Battle Axe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1930
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Emeline W. Kennan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Inscribed Persian blade, handle of wood and silver niello work, dated 1820."
label: Notes
content: Information from Leonid Lantsman, 2014: Unique early 19th C. Armenian battle axe. As far as known, this is a one of a kind example and the only Armenian script signed example known. This follows a proto-Persian style tabar axe form, with Caucasian silver and niello decoration inlaid designs. Armenian script is written in panels on the handle silver decorative elements. The axe is dated to 1820 in one of the panels. The axehead itself is of an earlier type, possibly 17th C. but likely 18th C. with a fine sinuous decoration near the handle, with chiseled arabic caligraphy.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Sep 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Caucasus, Armenia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Armenian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 109552
label: USNM Number
content: E276688-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe