Cleveland Museum of Art
Throwing Knife / Prestige Scepter (pingha)
1800–mid-1900s
Look closely at the upper blade of this throwing knife to find a representation of a lizard, and at the lower part of the shaft for a crosshatch design resembling lizard skin.
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