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Descrizione : North America, United States, ca. 21st century CE. Wow! This is a knife that is designed to impress. The handle is made from fossilized mammoth ivory, and the blade is a Gibeon Meteorite that is has an upturned, pointed tip. The meteorite tang is covered with a steel guard and butt cap that sandwich the central grip of mammoth ivory. The two panels are highly polished with the creamy ivory and inky black and gray striations and spirals throughout. This was indeed made to be used and is very sharp. However, we completely understand if this is too pretty to use on a regular basis, so a fossilized mammoth ivory stand is included to display the knife. On stand: 9.75 L x 2 W x 3 H (24.8 cm x 5.1 cm x 7.6 cm), knife: 9.25 L x 1.3 W (23.5 cm x 3.3 cm), blade only: 5 L x 1.25 W (12.7 cm x 3.2 cm) Forging meteorites is notoriously difficult, and is an uncommon material to work with. Extraterrestrial iron was used by ancient cultures and revered as pieces from the cosmos and usually forged into ceremonial pieces, indeed a meteorite blade was discovered in the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The Gibeon meteorite is so called due to its impact in Namibia, near the city of Gibeon, in prehistoric times. The Nama people collected the pieces from the meteorite-strewn field. Provenance: ex-Robert Stratton collection, China Spring, Texas, USA All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167718

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