Type Ko Knife
CultureChinese
DateShang dynasty (1500-1045 B.C.E.)
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (8.89 × 29.21 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-84
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DescriptionBronze knife to be hafted. Handle in the form of a Kuei.ProvenanceWith Otto Burchard, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), by September 27, 1932 [1];
Purchased from Burchard, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] Letter from Laurence Sickman to Langdon Warner, Harvard University Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Personal Archive, HUG4872.1010, box 12, folder 20, copies in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file.
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