Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket

Made:
800-500 BCE
Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle

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Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle
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Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Axe-head shaped razor blade with socket for wooden(?) handle, bronze, Etruscan, 800BC-500BC

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A67578
Materials:
bronze
type:
razor
credit:
Pini, G.