Bidspirit auction | Southeast Asian 'Shouldered Adze', Mai

Southeast Asian 'Shouldered Adze', Mai Pha Culture 3000-2000BCE - Southeast Asia, Vietnam, The Red River Delta and Neighboring Regions, probably Thailand and Laos 'Shouldered Adze' stone, Late-Neolithic Period probably Mai Pha Culture 3000 - 2000BCE. Carved from a creamy yellow-brown sandstone. Flat carved to one side with the primary side having a tapered top section roughly 3” down from the tip horizontally. Size: 8 3/8” L For exceptional comparative material and examples of forms and style see the published work ”Burnished Beauty, The Art of Stone in Early Southeast Asia” by White Orchid Books pg. Ex-San Francisco Area Collection, Ex-Member of the Ethnic Arts Council (Los Angeles), Ex-American Doctor Acquired in Vietnam from (Hill Tribes)