Double-pointed Axe with animal heads, Bronze Age, ca. 300 BC – 200 AD · Indonesia, Java · ID: 3052699
Starting price
EUR 2,500
Estimated price
EUR 6,000
Provenance
Singapore Private Collection (since 1980s)Kurt Sandmair (1932-2013), Munich, Germany (since 1992)
Size
H: 23,8 cm
B: 20,5 cm
H: 9.4 inch
B: 8.1 inch
Description
bronze, base
In Bronze Age Indonesia multiple forms of axes are found, usually in various variations of standard-shaped axes. This elegant tool or weapon differs from the known examples by having two diverging pointed ends.
Two short-snouted animal heads seem to be tied with a rope around the neck
of the axe. We do not know of a related example.
Notices
This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).