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South Asia, Northern India, Ganges Basin, Copper Hoard Culture, ca. 1500 to 1000 BCE. A large copper spear or harpoon head with a barbed neck. Copper artifacts like this harpoon, axes, and adze heads, all with elegant proportions and nice craftsmanship, are all we know of this culture. Some scholars have suggested that the copper and sometimes bronze objects associated with it are evidence of a trade route and culture influence from the Ancient Near East, particularly Luristan. These harpoons were likely made for hunting, but a large number of them have also been excavated from temples, such as those found at the Temple of Somesvar Mahadeva in 1891. They may therefore have had a votive function as well as a utilitarian one. Size: 8.5" L x 2.75" W (21.6 cm x 7 cm); 10" H (25.4 cm) on included custom stand.

A similar example is in the collection at the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), please see their website and accession number: AC1996.149.1.

Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection, acquired 2000 to 2010

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#178127

  • Condition: Small and old loss to tip and chips to peripheries, otherwise intact and very good. Heavy earthen and mineral encrustations and green patina.

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