Ceremonial Knife, by Colima, c. 200 CE
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Ceremonial Knife

Colima (Colima, Mexico)

c. 200 CE

Medium
Obsidian
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
52.4 × 8.9 × 2.5 cm (20 5/8 × 3 1/2 × 1 in.)
Culture
Colima
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
Credit line
Through prior acquisitions of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Chapman, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reed Armstrong, and the Robert A. Waller Fund
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago