A large old Dani axe (Yakbiliak), Baliem Valley, Dani, West…
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A large old Dani axe (Yakbiliak), Baliem Valley, Dani, West Papua; a fine heavy old working axe for splitting trees and wood, the speckled green stone of the hardest type. Collected in the Jiwika area of the Baliem Valley in the early 1980's. 77 x 37 cm

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