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Two tiny suspension holes
was proverbial
or the so-called Balm of Gilead
or a combination thereof surmounts a smooth blade in the form of a polished axe or celt and is drilled transversely for suspension
A Costa Rican Green Serpentine Bola Ball, ca. 500 - 1000 CE Medium - Faience Santa MonicaA carved and polished deep blue green serpentine bola ball with a drilled triple hole suspension system on the top. Bolas are traditional hunting tools in the Americas, most famously used by South American gauchos, but have been used since pre Columbian times. Hunters threw them at the legs of their prey in a movement similsr to lassos in order to trip them up or injure them. The Inca and the Mapuche also used them in battle. The deep green stone of