This fella was snacking on bamboo
There are also exhibits of Red Pandas
The base is planted with lots of Bamboo
Our next stop was the Sanxingdui Museum,located about 40 km north of Chengdu.In 1986, archeologists have unearthed two pits filled with elepahnt tusks,tiger teeth,sea shells and bronze relics with strange looking shapes.These objects were dated to 11th to 12th Century BC
The vessels used by this mysterious culture are mostly tripod like.It is thought that a fire was lighted underneath it to cook food
A ladle with a bird motif
Jade boulders found in the vicinity had been worked on by these people. Sadly the tools they used to make Jade objects were not found
Jade necklace
Jade discs resemble those unearthed in Chinese tombs.There might have been contacts with the Chinese
Jade ceremonial daggers
Bird motifs are popular subjects
Weird looking bronze face mask were unearth.The artistic style were completely unknown in the history of Chinese art
Some of the masks still had gold attached to them.Till this day no one really knows who these people are as no written records were left behind
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