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A pickaxe called a hezueifu, or crane-beaked axe; it has two long, pointed blades on opposite sides of a large round socket or shafthole.

A tiny oval spoon ornamented with two confronted bird figures on the handle; the handle of the spoon is stub-like, with a hollow transverse bar atop it, and the birds perching on this bar.

A short sword with a pommel, formed by two stylized bird heads that are inverted and placed back to back; the guard is formed by two additional bird heads placed back to back; the hilt of the sword is flat, with rounded edges and two longitudinal…

A short sword with a flat hilt with rounded edges; the hilt has an indented rope-like pattern on either side of a central groove; the round pommel at the end of the hilt bears the forms of two addorsed rams, their heads turned back and legs folded…

A short sword with a slightly (and intentionally) bent oval hilt, ending in a rattle consisting of four straps with a low convex cap; the rounded midrib of the blade begins slightly above the guard, which is plain and made up of straight blunt tabs…

A short sword comprising a straight tapering blade with pronounced midrib and an elaborate lattice-work hilt; the hilt is made up of three layers of square rods- the top and bottom layers running longitudinally from blade to pommel and the center…

A short sword containing a flat hilt adorned with a sunken central strip filled by a row of raised squares; the hilt ends with a pommel comprising two hollow balls, and is separated from the blade by a guard in the form of two rounded wing shapes…

A short sword with a flat hilt adorned by two vertical grooves; the pommel is also flat, and curves to form two adjacent rings; the blade is slender and leaf-shaped, with a prominent midrib, and is separated from the hilt by a guard in the form of…

An elaborate geometrically-decorated knife; it has a complex openwork pommel in the shape of a wheel, with five spokes projecting out of a ring-shaped piece of metal with bands of striations; the central section of the pommel bears another striated…

An elaborate geometrically-decorated knife; it has a complex openwork pommel in the shape of a wheel, with five spokes projecting out of a ring-shaped piece of metal with bands of striations; the central section of the pommel bears another striated…