Japanese Blade-Shaped Object

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 12 December 2018

Japanese Blade-Shaped Object — About 60 similar examples were have been unearthed in Japan, from Southern Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku region. They were made between 2500 to 500 BCE. They may have been used in rituals but the details are unknown. Stone. From Japan. 2500-500 BCE. (The British Museum, London).

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