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   ocr: bamboo, to create the intricate features. A view of this sculpture from the side shows the bottom to be tapered to a point, like an axe blade. Yet the Kunz Axe was no ordinary tool; it was most likely used only as a ceremonial object. Although this extraordinary carving was produced by a culture vastly different from our own, its enormous power and energy speak to us still. 33