LOT 2420 Indo-Gangetic Multi-Barbed Spearhead
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Copper Hoard Culture, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, 1500 BC. A substantial bronze spearhead or harpoon with thick midrib, triangular barbed blade, three pairs of lateral barbs (two in-curved), and a pair of spikes above a round-section tang. See Yule, P. The Bronze Age Metalwork of India, Prähistorische Bronzefunde XX, München, 1985 for discussion. 785 grams, 40.5cm (16"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired from his father's collection. Some Copper Hoard items have been assigned a ritual rather than practical function (Yule: 1985"). Fine condition.
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