Jade yue axe, late Langzhu culture-China Archive

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Category:Jades
Function:Weapon
Material:Mineral/jade jewelry/jade
Description:
It is determined by Raman spectrum to be amphibole mainly consisting of actinolite, Grass green to dark green with a cobweb like whiteness. The edge is thin and transparent. The body is flat, thin and long, the two sides of the arc blade are slightly tilted, and the blade line is uneven in thickness, without use marks. The hole is drilled from both sides. There is a large depression on the surface of one side, and wire cutting marks are left inside and at the side of the depression. The middle part of the body was once broken into two parts and has been repaired