We need a total and complete shutdown of all Ivy League anthropology departments until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
https://twitter.com/Magnus_Fiskesjo/status/1764725547827859605
Interesting that Viking battle-axes used to rape and pillage defenceless seaside villages are fetishised by some Scandanavians/Europeans/Americans today as “rad” and “totally awesome as fuck” – that’s truly sick.
And, it is probably part of the broader psychological denial of the gruesome history of bloody violence, on which modern Western capitalist hegemony is founded. 
it’s actually oxidized bronze, not that that supports a beheading usecase, it’d still suck for that.
looking up the viability of jade weaponry was kind of interesting though, they’ve found some axes & knifes, it’s supposed to be a very hard rock—so you probably could make an execution tool out of it.
actually exactly what i was thinking lmao
Jade was valued for its malleability, similar to gold in that way. There were all sorts of ceremonial weapons made out of jade, for instance a jade saber would be awarded to distinguished scholars.
I’ve seen many historic jade clubs that were used by Maori in the museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere_(weapon)