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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 2305321, member: 8267&quot;]Your object is a decorative reproduction of a pre-columbian Peruvian &quot;tumi&quot; knife. I suspect it may be made of a cast stone + resin composite, but I am not sure. I just can&#039;t see anyone taking the time to actually carve such an item.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a real one:</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Ceremonial_Knife_%28Tumi%29%2C_1100-1470_AD%2C_Chimu%2C_north_coast_of_Peru%2C_gold_with_turquoise_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago_-_DSC00330.JPG/200px-Ceremonial_Knife_%28Tumi%29%2C_1100-1470_AD%2C_Chimu%2C_north_coast_of_Peru%2C_gold_with_turquoise_-_Art_Institute_of_Chicago_-_DSC00330.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Sican-style Tumi, 750-1100 AD, from the north coast of Peru, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold" rel="nofollow">gold</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turquoise" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turquoise" rel="nofollow">turquoise</a>, exhibited in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Institute_of_Chicago" rel="nofollow">Art Institute of Chicago</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They are popular as souvenir/decorative motifs:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]258679[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/643940419/peru-inca-mesoamerican-el-tumi-knife" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/643940419/peru-inca-mesoamerican-el-tumi-knife" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/643940419/peru-inca-mesoamerican-el-tumi-knife</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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