Dani Ceremonial Stone Adze Blade kitchenming originally produced in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia)

originally produced in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia)

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reflects the intriguing burial practices of the ancient Bura-Asinda-Sikka culture

The function of discs such the present example is unclear

Dani Ceremonial Stone Adze Blade kitchenming originally produced in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia)Dani People, Early 20th Century, Bailem Valley, Irian Jaya (Papua), Indonesia A superb hand carved and highly polished greenstone adze blade, fashioned from pibit pibitthe prized chloromelanite sourced from the Cycloop Mountains. The blade displays a classic conical attachment end, a slender, tapering body, and a finely sharpened ovoid cutting edge. Variations of mineral content lend this dense, jade like stone its rich spectrum of colour, here