Title: Ax Head

Date: ca. 13th–16th century

Culture: probably Tibetan or Mongolian

Medium: Iron, gold

Dimensions: L. 10 ¼ in. (26 cm); H. 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 15 oz. (1354 g)

Classification: Shafted Weapons

Credit Line: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2008

Accession Number: 2008.158

La Rocca, Donald J. "Recent Acquisitions of Tibetan and Mongolian Arms and Armor in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Part 2." Waffen– und Kostümkunde: Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Historische Waffen– und Kostümkunde, Waffen- und Kostümkunde, 73, ser. 3 v. 56, no. 2 pp. 187–88, fig. 1.