Indonesia / Ceremonial ax / ca. 500 B.C.?200 A.D.

Indonesia
Ceremonial ax
ca. 500 B.C.?200 A.D.
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Creator Nationality: Asian; Southeast Asian; Indonesian
Creator Name-CRT: Indonesia
Title: Ceremonial ax
View: Principal view
Creation Start Date: -50
Creation End Date: 200
Creation Date: ca. 500 B.C.?200 A.D.
Creation Place: Indonesia
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Materials and Techniques: Translucent agate
Dimensions: H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
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.
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.
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp
AMICA ID: MMA_.2000.284.67
AMICA Library Year: 2002
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved

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