For the lover of antiquities, the term bronze
carries a number of meanings. In the 19th
century, a Danish museum employee decided to
organize the museum's collection by dividing the
artifacts into time periods based on man's
changing tool types. Thus, the Stone Age, Bronze
Age and Iron Age have come to represent three
distinct time periods in man's technological and
cultural history.
When man discovered that by alloying tin with
copper he could create a material substance
much stronger than copper, the resulting bronze
technology changed many aspects of his culture.
One monumental change was in the weaponry,
fine examples represented here in these splendid
arrowheads.
Expert craftsmanship combine with an aesthetic
eye to create weapons that are lifted into the
realm of art. Their dynamic power and spirited
essence can be seen and felt through their
exquisite design and tactile surfaces. These
sculptural weapons touch a chord deeply buried
but never forgotten, common to all mankind.
- (CK.0246)
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