A Canaanite bronze duck-billed axehead from the Middle Bronze Age. It features a curved blade, two pierced oval eyes and a raised ridge down the centre of the blade. A short cylindrical shaft-hole, displayed on the side, would have once held a wooden shaft. The piece has been repaired on the socket. Patination and earthly encrustations to the surface. Canaan was a Semitic-speaking region in the ancient Near East during the late second millennium BC. The name “Canaan” corresponds to the Levant, and more specifically to the areas of the Southern Levant. The word “Canaanites” designates various indigenous populations, both those who were settled, and nomadic groups throughout the regions of the Southern Levant or Canaan. Measurements: L 10.3cm x W 4.6cm Provenance: From the private collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.