Clearance - Ethnographic, Asian and Antiques
By Scollard Auctions
Mar 11, 2024
Brea, California, United States
Clearance auction featuring a wide variety of ethnographic antiquities, arms and armour, Asian lots and varied antiques

LOT 22:

Harpoon, Indus Valley 1500-1000 BCE

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Auction took place on Mar 11, 2024 at Scollard Auctions
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Harpoon, Indus Valley 1500-1000 BCE
India, North India, probably Uttar Pradesh, Late Indus Valley Civilization 1500-1000 BCE. Ritual harpoon deposited in the rivers and marshes in North India, constructed from Unalloyed Copper the harpoon shows little wear and believed to be from 1500-1000 BCE and associated with the rituals at Sanauli. Pierced to the lower most protruding ridge. Size 13" L

For a similar example see the Metropolitan Museum Accession Number:2001.433.61

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