Object Number | 41-37-255 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Central Asian |
Provenience | Ordos |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Swan |
Description | Bronze. Figure in the round of a sleeping swan with head turned and resting on back, neck forming a loop for hanging. Probably used as part of a throwing weapon. One of these were attached to each end of a rope or rawhide and swung at small game such as bustard, etc. Herodotus writes of this variety of Scythian hunting weapon. |
Length | 6 cm |
Width | 4.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from William Mayer, 1941 |
Other Number | N-13 - Other Number |
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