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LOT 1603
Viking Age Iron Axe-Hammer
CIRCA 11TH-12TH CENTURY A.D.
7 3/4 in. (324 grams, 19.5 cm).
With a broad curved blade, narrow neck and hammer extension to the rear; round socket. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
Literature
Cf. Sedov, B.B. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, plate LII, item 15.
Footnotes
The more common weapons of Finno-Ugrian people were axes commonly found from all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Among Baltic-Finnic people, especially in Finland and Karelia, knives called 'puukko' were common, as well as axes, spears, flat bows and long bows, while swords were usually imported from Germanic areas, Sweden or from elsewhere Scandinavia, some having often typically Scandinavian animal ornaments, although there are some Finnish made finds too.
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With a broad curved blade, narrow neck and hammer extension to the rear; round socket. 324 grams, 19.5 cm
From the collection of a Californian, USA, gentleman, dating back to the late 1960s.
The more common weapons of Finno-Ugrian people were axes commonly found from all Finnic areas, as well as spears. Among Baltic-Finnic people, especially in Finland and Karelia, knives called 'puukko' were common, as well as axes, spears, flat bows and long bows, while swords were usually imported from Germanic areas, Sweden or from elsewhere Scandinavia, some having often typically Scandinavian animal ornaments, although there are some Finnish made finds too.
