Weight (uncertain)
41-37-255
From: China | Inner Mongolia
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 41-37-255 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Central Asian |
| Provenience | China | Inner Mongolia |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Swan |
| Description | Bronze. Figure in the round of a sleeping swan with head turned and resting on back, neck forming a loop for hanging. Probably used as part of a throwing weapon. One of these were attached to each end of a rope or rawhide and swung at small game such as bustard, etc. Herodotus writes of this variety of Scythian hunting weapon. |
| Length | 6 cm |
| Width | 4.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from William Mayer, 1941 |
| Other Number | N-13 - Other Number |
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