AUCTION # 33 ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR & DECORATIONS

AN ANTIQUE INDIAN ZAGHNAL OR CROWBEAK WAR AXE, 19TH CEN.

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Start price: $450

Estimated price: $900 - $1,200

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Massive 19th-century Indian zaghnal battle axe. Well wrought of strong steel, with its powerful armor-piercing and crashing double-edged blade with pronounced central reinforcement ridge. Blade mounted with unusual and seldom encountered steel panel having two brass lions. The shaft retains a spike to the top and a massive iron end at the bottom. Iron details are decorated with beautiful silver koftgari. A powerful and deadly thrusting weapon used by Indian warriors for centuries.

Dimensions: L: 24 7/16 in., (62 cm.)

Condition: Very good.