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Steel and silver axe head, Scandinavian, 11th-12th Century

From the Met Museum

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Bronze Socketed Axe Heads, c.2400-800 BCE, Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway

Socketed axe heads are from the late Bronze Age, making them over 2000 years old. These socketed axes had wooden handles that were fitted into the socket at the blunt end of the axe. The axe head was then secured in place by lashing with twine or binding.

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Ax Head

Scandinavian

11th–12th century

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I want to tell you exactly what I mean. I have split the wood of my youth, over and over, looking for a grain I can at least recognize. Then this morning I awoke in awe of the world, of these breaths I’m allowed to take from it, and of you. I write this poem and wash my hands.

— Curtis LeBlanc, from “Axe Head,” Birding in the Glass Age of Isolation

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