Lot 89
89
A bronze Harpoon
Property from the Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth
A bronze Harpoon

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, CIRCA 1500 BC

Details
A bronze Harpoon
India, Uttar Pradesh, circa 1500 BC
The tapered blade with raised medial rib, with three pairs of projecting incurved barbs
14 in. (35.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Christian Humann, Pan-Asian Collection, before 1977

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Lot Essay

Compare with four similar harpoons in the Kronos Collection, see M. Lerner, The Flame and the Lotus, Indian and Southeast Asian Art from the Kronos Collection, 1984, cat. no. 1, p. 18. Cast in a mold, they follow the same design, with a small hole below the barbs for attachment to a shaft.

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