Ceremonial Brass Adze for ID

Tim Simmons · 26th February 2014, 02:44 PM

If you Google Safavid sugar axe you will see similar item. Your bronze piece could be Yemen.

Cthulhu · 26th February 2014, 04:29 PM

I saw that Safavid sugar axe yesterday and dismissed it because it didn't have the deer and bird ornamentation, nor the crazy flange on the back. But taking another look, you're absolutely right. If you Google brass adze reindeer (web search, not image search) you get a Worthpoint page with a tool with the same overall shape as the Safavid piece, same hammer on one side, similar dotted circle on the top of the blade, plus the deer and bird ornaments. Your example from the lohar thread also has that dotted circle, plus the flange in place of the hammer and the inset stones. And the dotted circle is gone in the one in my pics. So it seems to have undergone a gradual evolution to be more and more ornate.

While I still don't know it's native name or where exactly it's from, knowing its origins is just as good. Thanks!

26th February 2014, 04:29 PM	#2
Cthulhu Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Central Valley, California Posts: 46	I saw that Safavid sugar axe yesterday and dismissed it because it didn't have the deer and bird ornamentation, nor the crazy flange on the back. But taking another look, you're absolutely right. If you Google brass adze reindeer (web search, not image search) you get a Worthpoint page with a tool with the same overall shape as the Safavid piece, same hammer on one side, similar dotted circle on the top of the blade, plus the deer and bird ornaments. Your example from the lohar thread also has that dotted circle, plus the flange in place of the hammer and the inset stones. And the dotted circle is gone in the one in my pics. So it seems to have undergone a gradual evolution to be more and more ornate. While I still don't know it's native name or where exactly it's from, knowing its origins is just as good. Thanks! Last edited by Cthulhu; 26th February 2014 at 10:25 PM. Reason: Clarifying "similar to what"

26th February 2014, 02:44 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,855	If you Google Safavid sugar axe you will see similar item. Your bronze piece could be Yemen.