in 1998 a labrys, complete with an elaborately embellished haft, was found at cham-eslen, canton of zug, switzerland. the haft was 120 cm long and wrapped in ornamented birch-bark. the axe blade is 17.4 cm long and made of antigorite, mined in the gotthard-area. the haft goes through a biconical drilled hole and is fastened by wedges of antler and by birch-tar. it belongs to the early cortaillod culture.