Dagger-axe - Wikipedia
The dagger-axe (Chinese: 戈; pinyin: gē; Wade–Giles: ko) is a type of polearm that was in use from the Longshan culture until the Han dynasty in China. [1] It consists of a dagger -shaped blade, mounted by its tang to a perpendicular wooden shaft .
Chinese polearm - Wikipedia
Early handheld weapons included the dagger-axe, a bronze blade mounted at right angles to a 0.9–1.8 m (2 ft 11 in – 5 ft 11 in) long shaft, and bronze spears roughly 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) in length. [4] The dagger-axe was the first Chinese weapon designed to kill other people.
Dagger-Axe (ge) - The Art Institute of Chicago
Dagger-Axe (ge) Shang dynasty (1600 – 1046 B.C.) China. The power of the Shang kings depended on their control of bronze production for warfare. The dagger-axe, hafted onto a wood shaft, was the premier weapon of combat.
Dagger-Ax with Ferrule | China - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The dagger-ax (ge) was the chief hand weapon of the Chinese army until the Eastern Zhou period (771–256 B.C.), when the two-pronged halberd (ji) replaced it as the infantry’s and newly formed cavalry’s weapon of choice. By the Western Han period, the dagger-ax served only as ritual paraphernalia.
Dagger-Axe | China - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Dagger-Axe. Period: Shang (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)–Western Zhou (1046–771 BCE) dynasty. Date: 11th–10th century BCE. Culture: China. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); L. 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm) Classification: Metalwork. Credit Line: Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985. Accession Number: 1985.214.25
Dagger-axe (ge) - Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art
Weapon: dagger-axe (ge) Keywords Anyang period (ca. 1300 - ca. 1050 BCE), Carl Whiting Bishop collection, China
Dagger-Ax - Chinese, Yan kingdom | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Dagger-Ax (Ge) Date: 3rd century BCE. Culture: Chinese, Yan kingdom. Medium: Bronze. Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm); L. 10 1/4 in. (26.04 cm); Wt. 11.2 oz. (317 g) Classification: Shafted Weapons. Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, …
dagger-axe - British Museum
Description. Dagger axe of creamy coloured calcified jade with earth encrustation and areas of cinnabar with woven fabric imprints. The slightly curved dagger axe with a central ridge running to the tip with the edges of the blade bevelled.
How were dagger axes used in battle? - History Stack Exchange
Oct 17, 2011 · Dagger-axes came in various lengths from 9–18 ft and were now used as thrusting spears with a slashing blade available if needed. The Qin particularly seemed to like the Dagger-axe, creating an eighteen foot long pike version.
'Ge' Dagger-Axe with Decorative Extensions - Harvard Art Museums
Integrally cast into the bronzes — as opposed to being incised into the vessel after the metal had hardened — these marks were usually placed on the interior wall or floor of a vessel; the lids of covered vessels had matching marks on their undersides.