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Looks Mesoamerican.

There are similarities to the patterns on ancient bronze vessels.

Notice the patterns on the handle

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/HouMuWuD...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_ritual_bronzes

I thought so too! I wonder if this will be discussed. Would love to know what I'm looking at

The stone carvings resemble the patterns used by Liangzhu culture. For example the one carved on a jade Cong (see the video below).

https://youtu.be/jxZIw_QfGjY?t=281

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liangzhu_culture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cong_(vessel)

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