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Brownstone AXE Blade

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:650.00 USD Estimated At:900.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Brownstone AXE Blade
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
A very large Blade, this ceremonial example has subtly tapered sides, an oval cross-section, rough top edge (suggesting ritual hammering) and a foredge that is not sharp and having several small chips from old use. Not a Jade, it is made from a cementaceous material with excellent eye-appeal and nice unsmoothed surface texture: highly polished it is not. The double-drilled hole was smoothed with care making this a special piece for shamanic use. 2nd-1st Millenium BC. but unknown locale of use.