1926.32.25: Reproduction of a Mycenaean Dagger
Weapons and Ammunition
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1926.32.25
- People
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Emile Gilliéron or son, Swiss (1850 - 1924; 1885 - 1939)
- Title
- Reproduction of a Mycenaean Dagger
- Other Titles
- Former Title: Cretan Dagger
- Classification
- Weapons and Ammunition
- Work Type
- dagger
- Date
- 19th-20th century
- Period
- Helladic period, Late
- Culture
- Mycenaean
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/303854
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Electrotype of bronze original with gold and silver; inlaid
- Technique
- Electrotype
- Dimensions
- 37 cm (14 9/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
- Accession Year
- 1926
- Object Number
- 1926.32.25
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Reproduction of original bronze dagger with silver and gold inlaid decoration showing a lion hunt on one side and lions pursuing prey on the opposite. The electrotype includes a handle and a reproduction of a gold pommel with a repoussé lion battling a spotted panther. The original blade and pommel were found separately within the same burial in Grave Circle A at Mycenae.
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