"Large Gray Lithophone"
Great ritual ax can be used as a lithophone. It is diamond-shaped with rounded corners, topped by an oblong outgrowth. This work is distinguished by its exceptional size. It can be classified in the corpus of the largest of this type.Carved and polished hard stone.
Valdivia Machalilla, Ecuador, 2300-2000 BC.
Provenance:
Ex Howard Nowes, New York
Former American collection before 1970
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