A long, angular slip of dark, green-gray stone, crisply faceted from end to end, gives little hint of its violent purpose. The blade of a war pick, an elegant minimalist sculpture, was once hafted cross-like in a wooden club designed to split helmets and shatter skulls. In bloody wars it was a weapon of remarkable efficiency, a long, dense spike with great penetrating power. War picks were ceremonial weapons as well. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

The paint is black and red.

The paint is black, red, and green.