Pre-Contact Anasazi Knife

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While simple, small, and utilitarian in form, this is one of my favorite Native American pieces. Bought this years ago at auction from a New Mexico-based auctioneer with whom I do business. Provenance is known.

The flaked obsidian blade has a cutting edge mesauring a little over 6 cm. The overall length is near orabout 21.5 cm, though the tip of the handle is broken and looks to originally have been slightly longer. The blade is held in with pitch, and the handle is drilled near the tip. It's difficult to ascertain, but it appears as if the handle may have been wrapped at one time.

Anyway, I have several other neolithic blades, but this is the only one I've come across that was still fitted.