Antique Thai 'Hammer Knife' (Mit Tok) of Massive Proportions.
Iron blade and handle of rare Siamese rosewood (dalbergia cochinchinensis) (L72cm W3kg)

PROVENANCE:
Estates Late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose company imported luxury European goods, and (with royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra.
Estimate $300-600