Ceremonial Dagger-Axe with Animal Masks (Ge)
A pale green-grey jade ceremonial dagger-axe lies on a gray ground, its long pointed blade tapering to a tip. Near the hafting end, incised animal-mask motifs with spiral eyes and curled forms decorate the blade, and a small drilled hole pierces it for lashing to a shaft.
Look closer: A small drilled hole through the hafting end, used for lashing the blade to a shaft.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1600–1050 BCE
- Medium
- jade (nephrite)
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 1719 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -1040).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund