A Kievan Rus/Viking Period Iron Axe Head, ca. 9th - 11th century CE Medium - Silver 1991 Aboriginal Women’s Exhibition

1991 Aboriginal Women’s Exhibition

these two pottery fragments are decorated with black pigment in organic linear motifs

but also a set of limestone tomb reliefs recording spells from the Book of the Dead that are today in the collection of the British Museum and that were once erroneously attributed to ‘Campbell’s tomb’ at Giza

on the way to Nyirripi

Fine detailing is visible on both obverse and reverse

A Kievan Rus/Viking Period Iron Axe Head, ca. 9th - 11th century CE Medium - Silver 1991 Aboriginal Women’s ExhibitionA rare and elaborate iron axe head from the Kievan Rus cultural sphere, dating to the Viking period (9th11th century CE). The head features a wide single edged blade with a dramatically flared profile and pointed, wing like elements projecting from the rear of the blade. Opposite the blade, a curved pike extends from the back, adding both symbolic and functional weight to the form. At the center, a tapered socket shaft is framed by upper and lower