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.
How can you be an anthropology and Asian studies professor, see these frilly edges and the ornamentation and the fact that it is made from fucking jade and think "yeah, the ancestors of the evil Chinese CeeCeePee absolutely used these to behead people"?
The answer is simple: the personal qualities of present-day professors are such that we may find among them even exceptionally stupid people like Tugan. But the social status of professors in bourgeois society is such that only those are allowed to hold such posts who sell science to serve the interests of capital, and agree to utter the most fatuous nonsense, the most unscrupulous drivel and twaddle against the socialists. The bourgeoisie will forgive the professors all this as long as they go on βabolishingβ socialism.
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.
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.
How can anyone look at any ornamental weapon and assume it's used for anything other than looking nice? The only ceremonial weapons that I know about that were used as killing implements were sometimes frou-frou fancy boys would have elaborately engraved flintlock pistols.
why bother working or caring about intellectual honesty when you can just parrot the latest state department line and fail upwards? Nation of grifters and thieves
If you're an anthropologist and you want to get a job that pays out of college your options are becoming a mercenary for empire or bank robbery. There's a lot of scum in the profession.