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THBRare Egyptian Pre-Dynastic Stone Mace Head
Lot 12
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Egypt, Pre-dynastic period, ca. 4th millenium BCE. Round knapped stone disc of a deep brown chert used as an offensive weapon in Egypt at the time before the pharaohs. Edges sharpened to inflict as much damage as possible, rounded center hole which allowed the mace to be attached to a long club for maximum striking power. Size: 3.4" W x 3.75" H (8.6 cm x 9.5 cm); 4.75" H (12.1 cm) on included custom stand.
According to experts, maces were extensively used in Egypt and neighbouring Canaan from the middle of the fourth millennium BCE to the middle of the third. In Mesopotamia, where Sumerian soldiers wore body armour and helmets, their use was limited. Improvements to the mace were few. The Egyptians tried to give them a disk shaped form in order to increase their impact or even endow them with some cutting capabilities, but with improving defensive equipment the mace disappeared as a fighting weapon, and gave way to the battle axe. According to the archaeological records disk and pear-shaped mace heads were frequently used, in contrast to all the other forms which were unusual
Provenance: ex-private Los Angeles, California, USA collection; acquired from Arte Primitivo Gallery, New York, New York, USA, published in catalog; deaccessioned from The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island, New York, USA in 2012; acquired by Gustave Maurice Heckscher at one of the Sotheby's, Wilkinson & Hodge auctioneers sales of the Valuable Collection of Egyptian Antiquities formed by Robert de Rustafjaell, Esq, held in 1903, 1906, and 1915; ex-Col. Robert de Rustafjaell collection (1876-1943), acquired prior to 1909 while working in Egypt as a geologist and mining engineer
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#139721A few chips to edges as shown, but intact and very rare to find.Condition
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