From the
Shang Dynasty (1600 - 1046 B.C.), excavated at Yidu, Shangdong Province, via
The Ancient World. A different axe, from the same era, and also incorporating a human face, is
here. Commentary I've seen suggets that these were more symbolic or ceremonial than functional.
While quickly searching this subject, I found an even more interesting item (
source):
The
National Gallery of Art says "In 1989 archaeologists digging at Dayangzhou south of the Yangzi unearthed a tomb filled with intricately patterned bronzes in imaginative shapes as well as a double-sided human mask without precedent in Shang centers in the north."
I'm puzzled at how a "double-sided" object would function as a "mask," but what really intrigued me was the resemblance of this 2000+- year-old object to a more familiar
face:
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