A production-made Skeksis sword from Jim Henson's and Frank Oz' The Dark Crystal. Skeksis settled their disputes with a ritual known as the Trial by Stone, in which the feuding Skeksis would take turns striking the Haakskeekhah Stone with large swords, with the winner being whichever Skeksis hacked off the largest chunk of the stone.

This metal sword, while cast from the same molds at the same time as those seen in the final cut of the film, differs in its coloring and details. It is painted bronze-color and consists of a long, curved metal blade with jagged hook-like indentations; and an elaborately detailed fiberglass handguard over a wire frame with a gold-color, cord-wrapped handle and a pommel with sculpted talons. It exhibits paint chipping throughout, cracks in the handguard, and small pieces broken off. Dimensions: 64" x 16" x 9" (162.75 cm x 40.75 cm x 23 cm)

Blade was dulled by production.

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Additional Provenance: Previously auctioned by Sotheby's in the United Kingdom in August 1990.

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