Indian axe?

[kronckew]

picked this one up for the starting price, only bidder. maybe because it IS a stage axe. i seem to recall similar axes from the tribal areas of NE india, but cannot find them online. only info is the pics, and a indication it's threee feet long, and the weight at 1.3 kilos. thought it might be worth a punt...

anyone recognise where it might have come from, other than the prop room?
needs a bit of oxide removal & oiling.

thanks for any info &/or comments.. for good or ill...

[mahratt]

My opinion - this is not the old thing. In addition, I can not remember such items with a "star". Although I will be glad if someone will show authentic old Indian ax, buyout will look like this

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by mahratt

My opinion - this is not the old thing. In addition, I can not remember such items with a "star". Although I will be glad if someone will show authentic old Indian ax, buyout will look like this

I totally agree, the 'battle axe' was primarily out of the picture as a combat weapon quite early relative to most of the array of other arms used in India. They did however become popular in bearing and ceremonial or court context. That being the case, in my opinion these often well embellished arms seem intended to impress, and in this case even a bit over done to almost 'theatrical' proportions.

[kronckew]

reminds me of this one i found with google: described as an 1800 model bulova axe...

[mahratt]

Originally Posted by kronckew

reminds me of this one i found with google: described as an 1800 model bulova axe...

Something tells me that this is not a description of the collection of the Ethnographic Museum or the Museum of arms and armor

Oh yeah. This is an advertisement for the sale)))) I would not always trust what they write sellers wishing to sell an item ....

[kronckew]

ah, well. i can stick it in my OOPs corner. or re-sell it.