4058 – Athame – obsidian

Physical description:
A short black athame with a knapped obsidian blade and a black wooden handle with three black cabochon stones (probably also obsidian) at the point where hilt and blade meet, and on the end of the hilt. There are also small obsidian (?) beads around the cabochons.
Museum classification:
working tools
Size:
185 x 50 x 25
Information:

In February 2020 the museum was sent an anonymous donation of a collection of magical artefacts, with a limited description enclosed of some of the objects

This was one of the objects loaned to the Vertigo Syndrome Exhibition in Milan in 2024.

Resource:
Object
Materials:
obsidian, wood
Copyright ownership:
MWM

In February 2020 the museum was sent an anonymous donation of a collection of magical artefacts, with a limited description enclosed of some of the objects

This was one of the objects loaned to the Vertigo Syndrome Exhibition in Milan in 2024.