Monumental Neolithic Greywacke Toki Blade with Handle on Stand Side Tables Displayed on included contemporary stand

Displayed on included contemporary stand

the archaeologist who famously discovered and excavated the Temple of Aphrodite in Knidos

studied in Amsterdam before moving to Rome in 1677 and actively working thereon

Provenance: large NYC antiquities collection

Monumental Neolithic Greywacke Toki Blade with Handle on Stand Side Tables Displayed on included contemporary standOriginates from: Rarotonga, Cook Islands Era: 12th 9th Century BCE Dimensions: 15" H x 7" W x 3" D Intensely beautiful and sculptural Greywacke stone adze with incorporated carved handle, from the Neolithic era, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Dating between the 12th and 9th Century BCE, but likely passed down ancestrally, as the inscriptions on the front and back side of this piece are more recent. A collector marking also present on the verso. As