Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 33
An Inca axe head
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
An Inca axe head
Peru, circa 1200 - 1500 AD
bronze,
12cm long,
a Mexican obsidian flint, modelled as an arrow head, 5.8cm long and two Mexican greenstone axe heads, with inventory stickers 50 and 51, 8.5cm and 7.6cm long. (4)
Provenance
Gimpel Fils, London, acquired in the 1960s.