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Asian Art
Public domain

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Whetstone Handle in Shape of Ibex

1000–800 B.C.E.

Bronze

3 3/4 × 2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (9.5 × 6.7 × 5.4 cm)
Collection of Mary C. and James W. Fosburgh, B.A. 1933, M.A. 1935
1979.14.130
Geography: 
Probably Luristan (Lorestan), Iran
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Iranian/Persian, probably Luristan
Period: 
Iron Age
Classification: 
Tools and Equipment
Provenance: 

Mary Cushing Fosburgh (1906–1978) and James Whitney Fosburgh (1910–1978), New York; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1979

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