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Dagger-Axe

Late Shang Dynasty, 1100 B.C. - The Western Zhou Dynasty, 771 B.C.

Jinsha Site Museum

Jinsha Site Museum
Chengdu, China

It is made of grayish white jade, with translucent material. There are some yellow, black and brown stains on the surface left by permeation. It has a slightly protruding ridge right in its middle part, sharp edges on up and down edges and a needle-like part in interface of the front-end sharp edge and the side edge. A rectangular block are located on both sides near the handle, where crossing rhombic pattern are chiseled.

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