Untitled

Unknown

ca. 500 BCE–300 CE · Bronze · Asian Art

The flamboyant curved blade and asymmetrically placed splayed socket of this piece are typical of works from Java and Sulewasi, produced in full size and as miniatures, and used as funerary gifts and for ceremony and display. Axes are often carried by the feathered warriors depicted on drums and situlae from the Dongson culture of Vietnam, and late Dongson ax heads with pediform or boat-like shaped are other thought to have provided prototypes for the exaggerated examples produced in Indonesia.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 500 BCE–300 CE

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Indonesia

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998