Dani Ceremonial Stone Adze Blade bayonperiod The Dani inhabit the central

The Dani inhabit the central highlands of Western New Guinea

originally formed as a lizard and transformed into a man

At harvest time

Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine

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Dani Ceremonial Stone Adze Blade bayonperiod The Dani inhabit the centralDani 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