Ceremonial Object in the Shape of an Ax, ca. 100 – 300

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Ceremonial Object in the Shape of an Ax, Bronze and Iron Age, ca. 100 – 300, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Bronze, H. 41 3/8 in. ( cm); W. 26 1/2 in. ( cm), Metalwork, This remarkable ceremonial object, a conceptual as well as technical tour de force, almost certainly functioned as a percussive instrument to be suspended and struck. Striations on the flanged neck, resembling the raised markings of crocodile skin, are combined with lozenge patterning and may have helped secure the rope from which the instrument was hung

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