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ART-0006

Founder's Tool

Rock's Pickaxe

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Historical Summary

The pickaxe carried by the Founder. A working tool, not a ceremonial one — its handle worn smooth where a hand returned to it, day after day. It is displayed here as the plainest statement Brassheart makes: hope is something you swing at stone until the stone gives.

Symbolism

  • labor
  • persistence

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