Harpoon Tip Maker: Unknown

ca. 1500–500 B.C.E.

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

2 × 11 7/8 in. (5.1 × 30.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Rubin-Ladd Foundation under the bequest of Ester R. Portnow

Accession Number

2007.156.2a-b

Geography

India

Culture

Indian

Classification

Tools and Equipment

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
With Puri (dealer), Delhi, India, by about 2000; sold to Carlo Cristi, about 2000 [see note 1]; sold to the Rubin-Ladd Foundation, Georgetown, Conn., and New York, March 2006 or September 20, 2006 (R-L inv. no. I0607 3) [see note 2]; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2007

Note 1: Email from Carlo Cristi to the Gallery, August 19, 2022 (copy in accession file)

Note 2: Information provided by the donor at the time of acquisition indicates that “Harpoon Tip” was purchased in March 2006; an inventory of the collection, however, notes that the object was purchased on September 20, 2006 (The Rubin-Ladd Inventories, June 30, 2006, copy in accession file)
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

Technical metadata and APIs

IIIF

Open in Mirador

View IIIF manifest

The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF, is an open standard for delivering high-quality, attributed digital objects online at scale. Visit iiif.io to learn more

Linked Art

API response for this object

Linked Art is a Community working together to create a shared Model based on Linked Open Data to describe Art.