Heavy axe with slender handle of medium-dark wood, one end tapered to slight point with dark marks/residue along flatter side. Double-headed, with darkly mottled greyish stone (possibly granite) set into large wad of gum adhering around the head.
One side of the gum is flatter and wood of handle is exposed, other side is more curved, furrow running down the middle, shinier. Both sides have tiny shards of reddish-brown mixed in, and the top of the wad of gum has a crack.
axe (general & multipurpose)
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