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Photograph

ca. 1910 (photographed)
Place of origin

A mounted and labelled black and white photograph of the head and a portion of a shaft of a battle-axe.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Brief description
Photograph of Egyptian weapon, 'Battle-axe, damascened in gold, 16th century', gelatin silver print, ca. 1910
Physical description
A mounted and labelled black and white photograph of the head and a portion of a shaft of a battle-axe.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 27.7cm
  • Mount width: 31.57cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'X. 190 / MUNICH: Ausstellung von / Meisterwerken muhammed- / anischer Kunst, 1910.' (printed label, upper left corner of mount)
  • 'IIIb. / A' (classification notations, upper centre mount, ink)
  • 'VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM / LIBRARY' (blindstamp, upper centre mount)
Object history
This is a photograph of an object included in the Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art exhibition at the municipal exhibition ground in Munich's Theresienhöhe in 1910.
Subjects depicted
Other number
533 (Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art exhibition, 1910) - Exhibition number
Collection
Accession number
441-1911

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Record createdNovember 20, 2019
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