Shijiahe Culture

Unearthed from Xiaojiawuji, Tianmen, 1988

Length: 6.4 cm, width: 0.6 cm

The jade has undergone burial erosion and taken on a jujube-red hue. The body of the artifact is carved round with five raised ridges; the jade handle-shaped pendants of the Neolithic Age may have a connection with similar artifacts of the Shang Dynasty (1600–1046 BC).