Ritual Celt

1200-600 BC (Early-Middle Formative)

9.5 cm 38.2 cm 6.8 cm

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Carved in the form of the primary field clearing tool, the chopping celt, this enlarged version made from precious green stone connotes the power of the ruler who wielded it. Its functional reference and its green color imply the ruler's shamanic ability and responsibility to...

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Throckmorton Fine Art, New York; purchased by John G. Bourne, Sante Fe, April 23 2001; given to John G. Bourne Foundation, 2001; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
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