Dani Ceremonial Stone Adze Blade kitchenming Accession Number: 1939

Accession Number: 1939

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

originally produced in Bohemia (Czechoslovakia)

and crafted textiles from materials such as llama wool

and beyond

Dani Ceremonial Stone Adze Blade kitchenming Accession Number: 1939Dani 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