Though we sense its latent power and undoubtedly violent past, wearealsocaptivated by the sculptural beauty of this ancient weapon. It achieves a balance and order with just a touch of humor that appeals to our artistic senses.Weareawareofitsmysterious, even ominous qualities, yet somehow the passage of time has brought its beauty to the surface. The Bronze Age was a period in the civilization's development when the most advanced metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use) consisted of techniques for smelting copper and tin from naturally occurring outcroppings ofore, and then alloying those metals in order to cast bronze. The Bronze Age forms part of thethreeagesystemforprehistoricsocieties.Inthatsystem,itfollowsthe Neolithic Bronze Anthropomorphic Axe Head-FZ.134Origin:Central Asia Circa:1200BCto800BCCatalogue: V1Collection: Near Eastern Style: Iron Age Medium: Bronzein some areas of the world

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