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Ceremonial Knife by Colima — VisualArtsDB

Ceremonial Knife

Ceremonial Knife

100–300

Medium: Obsidian
Dimensions: 52.4 × 8.9 × 2.5 cm (20 5/8 × 3 1/2 × 1 in.)
Genre: stone
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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obsidianstonemesoamericanamericaswest mexicoceremonial objectspyroclastic rockrocksculptureinorganic materialcarvingextrusive rockArts of the Americasceremonial objectcolimaweaponsigneous rockvolcanic glassart of the americas

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