Forked blade (zhang 璋), fragment

1. (Fu Xinian 傅熹年, November 23, 1987) Attributed to the late Neolithic period.

2. (Thomas Lawton, December 18, 1987) Attribution changed to Shang 商 dynasty.

3. (Jeffrey Smith per Keith Wilson, July 8, 2008) Ceremonial object added as secondary classification.
 
4. (Susan Kitsoulis per Keith Wilson, April 20, 2010) Object name changed from "Weapon: zhang 璋" to "Ceremonial object"; Title from "Scepter" to "Forked chisel (zhang 璋), fragment."
 
5. (Jeffrey Smith per Janet Douglas, June 17, 2010) Nephrite added as modifier to existing medium of "jade" based on conservation analysis.

6. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, August 15, 2017) Title changed from "Forked blade (zhang), fragment" to "Forked blade (zhang 璋), fragment"; period  one changed from "Shang dynasty" to "Late Neolithic period"; date changed from "ca. 1200-1000 BCE" to "ca. 2000-1600 BCE".

7. (Najiba Choudhury per Keith Wilson, November 28, 2018) Description added "Blade, flat, rounded end, two small projections near tang, latter pierced; semitranslucent tan-gray, dark, web-like veins. (Minor chips; broken off [old break] at tang end.)"