COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.2000.284.67
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Description:
Ax heads made of both stone and bronze are common to the early cultures of South China, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Examples dating from the Neolithic period and the early Bronze Age, with rounded heads and simple sockets, are often found in burials, illustrating their value as tools, weapons, and items of prestige. Bronze examples produced during the later part of the Bronze and Iron Age are often in fanciful shapes such as a boat or foot, or have flamboyant curving blades. This highly polished, elegant agate example was most likely a symbol of prestige and may have been used in a burial or given as a gift to mark a political alliance or intermarriage.
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Southeast Asian; Indonesian
Creator Name-CRT:
Indonesia
Title:
Ceremonial ax
View:
Principal view
Creation Date:
ca. 500 B.C.?200 A.D.
Creation Start Date:
-500
Creation End Date:
200
Materials and Techniques:
Translucent agate
Creation Place:
Indonesia
Dimensions:
H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York
ID Number:
2000.284.67
Credit Line:
Samuel Eilenberg Collection, Bequest of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_2000.284.67.tif
