INDONESIA, JAVA, c. 1000 BC, socketed bronze axes.  My understanding of Bronze Age technology is that they started out making things that looked like stone, then progressed through sockets, pierced sockets, flanges, then pierced flanges (or tangs for the little stuff).  So most of these will be early Bronze Age, with the little ones on the bottom of this page later.  Pictures are ~2.4x enlarged.

INDONESIA, JAVA, c. 1000 BC, bronze axes, flared blade, V-shaped socket, 2 pairs of ribs on one side:
IDA23) 80x50mm, 75.6g, surface is a bit rough, 75.00 sold 2/11/2021
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IDA24) 48x43g, 32.9g, nice looking, even wear, 65.00 sold 2/1/2013
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a) 70x52mm, 68g, flared blade, V-shaped socket, pair of ribs on one side, excellent, 86.00 sold
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b) 60x55mm, 84g, (rocks in the socket), flared blade, V-shaped socket, pair of ribs on one side, excellent, 90.00 sold
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c) 56x58mm, 53g, flared blade, pair of ribs on one side, blade resharpened, walls of socket broken off & the thing remained in use after,  45.00 sold
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d) 50x42mm, 31g, flared blade, V-shaped socket, pair of ribs on one side, surface a bit rough, otherwise very nice, 55.00 sold
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e) 52x42mm, semicircular blade, semicircular socket with pointed sides, 2 pairs of decorative ribs with zigzag between on one side, blade resharpened, 1 socket tip missing, still very nice, 85.00 sold 2/1/2013
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f) 40x32mm, 26g, flared blade, socket is shallow arc, pair of ribs one side, traces of decoration one other, very nice, 55.00 sold 10/2/2009
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g) 40x39mm, 21g, flared blade, socket is shallow arc, 2 pairs of ribs joined by 2 chevrons one side, excellent, 65.00 sold 10/2/2009
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h) 40x37mm, 25g, flared blade, V-shaped socket, 2 pairs of ribs on one side, excellent, 60.00 sold 2/1/2013
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i) 39x35mm, 28g, flared blade, socket is rough shallow arc, faint pair of ribs one side, 38.00 sold 2/1/2013
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j) 38x30mm, 19g, flared blade, crude socket, corroded 25.00 sold 2/1/2013
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k) 38x30mm, 19g, flared blade, socket is rough shallow arc one side, V-shaped on other, bold pair of ribs one side, excellent, 40.00 sold 9/8/2008
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l) 31x27mm, 14mm, flared blade, socket is shallow arc, pair of ribs joined by 2 chevrons one side, excellent, 40.00 sold 9/8/2008
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m) 30x27mm, 10g, flared blade, socket is shallow arc, pair of ribs joined by 2 chevrons one side, excellent, 40.00 sold
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n) 36x26mm, 11g, flared blade, rough edged socket, no decoration, tiny hole in socket wall, otherwise very nice, 30.00 sold 9/8/2008
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o) 32x25mm, 9g, flared blade, rough edged socket, pair of ribs on one side, excellent, 28.00 sold 2/1/2013
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p) 28x30mm, 10g, flared blade, socket is shallow arc, pair of ribs one side, very nice, 24.00 sold
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q) 34x23mm, 7g, flared blade, socket is shallow arc, pair of ribs one side, excellent, 25.00 sold
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r) 37x11mm, 7g, rounded V-shaped blade, pair of ribs one side, possibly an arrowhead, tiny hole in body, otherwise very nice, 19.00 sold
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s) similar, 34x8mm, 5g, small hole in body, nice patina 19.00
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t) similar, 34x9mm, 6g, nail holes in socket sleeve, nice 19.00 sold
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