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Ceremonial blade (zhang)
Ceremonial blade (zhang)

Ceremonial blade (zhang)

about 1200–1000 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueNephrite
Dimensions36.3 x 8.3 cm (14 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession number19.658
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1917, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.

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