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新石器時代大汶口文化晚期至龍山文化早期 玉鉞
Title: Ritual Axe
Period: Neolithic, late Dawenkou–early Longshan culture (2400–1900 BCE)
Date: 3rd millennium BCE
Culture: China
Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Dimensions: L. 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm); W. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Classification: Jade
Credit Line: Purchase, Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Gift and Rogers Fund, 1991
Object Number: 1991.250
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