Blade
ClassificationsTools and Equipment-knives
Date8000-1500 BCE
Made AtChina, Asia
MediumGreenstone
Dimensions12 3/4 × 3 × 1/4 in. (32.4 × 7.6 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Paul and Louise Bernheimer
Object number96.40.1.1
DescriptionCeremonial blade from the Neolithic period (8000-1500 BCE), China. Blades such as these were used for ritual purposes. Leather thongs strung through the hole would have secured it to a wooden handle.On View
On view
20th Century
mid 19th - early 20th Century
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