Description:

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine trio of knapped chert blades with petaloid profiles and sharp edges. The stones are a lovely chert with red and mauve hues and mottled white inclusions. All three are shaped with flaked convex faces and a sharpened edge surrounding the whole blade from the pointed tip the rounded butt or handle end. The process for knapping these tools involved hitting a harder stone against the chert to flake or knap the surface into the desired form. Knapped stone tools had a variety of uses; such as axe heads, scrapers for cleaning hides, and digging for agricultural purposes. However, these blades are all formed from a beautiful chert and in near pristine condition, and may have served as votive pieces for burial! Size: 4.875" L x 1.625" W (12.4 cm x 4.1 cm)

Provenance: ex-Denenberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California, USA; ex-Charles Craig, Jr. collection, Santa Barbara, California, USA, acquired via descent from private South Carolina, USA collection

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  • Condition: Minor nicks and chips to peripheries that are not from knapping process. Light mineral deposits and earthen encrustations. Beautiful natural stone inclusions.

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