Ibex Whetstone Handle

Description

For millennia, whetstones have been used for sharpening various kinds of metal blades. They were particularly important in Luristan, a center that produced bronze blades.

Provenance

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Ibex Whetstone Handle

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1100–900 BCE

Accession Number

1965.554

Medium

bronze, cast

Dimensions

Overall: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary