Object Number | 2310 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Kofun | Japanese |
Provenience | South Japan | Yamato |
Period | Kofun |
Date Made | Kofun |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Stone | Talc |
Technique | Carved | Polished |
Description | Highly polished stone blade. Probably effigy blade used in a funeral ceremony. Straight edge is rounded. Sloping edge is squared off. Two holes in base of blade. Tang. Gray stone (talc) with orange colored surface coating. |
Credit Line | Gift of Francis C. Macauley, Esq., 1890 |
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