A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL) Lot n° 45

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (ARUVAL), 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY THAVJAVUR, with curved heavy broad steel blade formed with a sharp inner edge rising to a chisel-shaped point at the top and a crescentic point at the bottom, decorated with geometric designs along the back-edge, iron hilt including a pair of crescentic-panels enclosing the forte, a square castellated moulding beneath and turned hardwood grip with a pair of hemispherical plates each enclosing a disc top and bottom, the latter incorporating a rattle (the iron parts pitted, the pommel with small holes and restorations), 56.0 cm ¦¦Roy Elvis Catalogue Number E34.¦¦Highlight from the Roy Elvis Collection (1944-2022)¦