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  4. Long Metal Antique Phurba. Tibet, 19th Century? Wood, 12 1/4" (31 cm). Purchased in the Barkhor in Lhasa in the 1990s, it was sold to me as meteorite metal. I don't know what the metal is; possibly iron but it doesn't rust the way iron would. Very plain, with a 3-sided blade, a little bent at the bottom. $750.