Lepenski Vir Stone Dagger

Product Description for Lepenski Vir Stone Dagger

Maker: Tom Sterling (click to see more by this maker)
Item num: 91556
*** This is handmade and one-of-a-kind ***
Blade length: 1.00 in.
Total length: 2.80 in.
Blade height (at heel): 0.70 in.
Item weight: 0.24 oz.
Shipment weight: .96 oz.
Blade: Pressure flaked Nevada chalcedony stone
Handle: Hand carved ancient mammoth ivory
Sheath: Black walnut and elk antler display box
Description: Internationally known sculptor Tom Sterling creates works of art from semi-precious hardwoods, horn, antler, fossil ivories, and metals. Sterling began a unique and award winning career in wood art by carving Japanese netsuke (pronounced net-skeh). Netsuke is a unique form of small sculpture which developed as an art form in Japan over a period of more than three hundred years.
This one-of-a-kind miniature knife is a stone dagger based on the Lepinski Vir Mesolithic "Fish Goddess" sculptures found in modern day Serbia. One side displays the fish goddess, while the reverse has engraved petroglyphs of US Southwest and Australian aboriginal origin, including a bird, a fish, and an ethereal humanoid form. The handle is formed from ancient mammoth ivory. All carving and engraving was done by hand.
The blade was knapped from Nevada chalcedony stone. It was pressure flaked and heat treated, with period-correct charcoal and conifer pitch mastic. The earliest uses of chalcedony date back to 1800 BC, and is mentioned in the Bible as being included in the breastplate worn by Moses' brother, Aaron. The blade is secured to the handle with synthetic sinew binding. A walnut presentation box with a lid carved from elk antler is included. The knife measures approximately 2 and 3/4 inches long by just over 3/4 inches wide, with the blade itself measuring one inch long.
Exceptional work throughout!


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