Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Kunz Jadeite Adze from Mexico
Front, side and rear views show a heavy carved stone object with a fierce face and tapering lower body. The source identifies a jadeite votive adze from Mexico in the Kunz collection at the American Museum of Natural History.
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Photographer not identified. "The Kunz Jadeite Adze from Mexico" [editorial title]. In The Curious Lore of Precious Stones, George Frederick Kunz. Reading edition, undated edition. Source scan leaf 296. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0595-0296
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Photographer not identified. The Kunz Jadeite Adze from Mexico. The Curious Lore of Precious Stones. Scan leaf 296. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0595-0296