Finally, experimentation with replicas of the jade plaques demonstrates that these, too, could have served as elite tools.
The jade bar pectoral is visible northwest (below) the mandible.
The jade artifacts unfortunately were universally very well cleaned, with no residues surviving.
Underneath and surrounding the base of the jar were 30 green-blue jade pebbles and an additional 84 green jade pebbles.
Elites wearing such jade devices probably were conceived as being in continuous sonic contact with numinous beings.
Basic woodworking probably was done within the household using the jade ax that each household possessed and perhaps aided by scrapers or other tools.
The jade disks are only polished and bear no incision or other surface carving.
The upper insert provides a detail of jades under the central jar, and the lower insert is a north-south profile drawing.
