A Bronze Age ceremonial hammer, Southeast Europe, ca.
A Bronze Age ceremonial hammer in the shape of a conical shaft tube with a flat disc at the end. In the middle of the shaft two minimally conical arms, slightly angled downwards. White bronze with remains of patina. Intact. Height 9.7 cm, width 25.7 cm.
Cf. M. Novotna, The axes and axes of Slovakia, PBF IX 3, 1970, 61-67 with plate 23-25.
Provenance: From a private collection in south Germany. Acquired from art dealers and German private collectors in the 1970s and 1980s.
Condition:II -
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A Bronze Age ceremonial hammer in the shape of a conical shaft tube with a flat disc at the end. In the middle of the shaft two minimally conical arms, slightly angled downwards. White bronze with remains of patina. Intact. Height 9.7 cm, width 25.7 cm.
Cf. M. Novotna, The axes and axes of Slovakia, PBF IX 3, 1970, 61-67 with plate 23-25.
Provenance: From a private collection in south Germany. Acquired from art dealers and German private collectors in the 1970s and 1980s.
Condition:II -
