Accession No
1901.3
Description
A large, notched axe made from a ground, grey coloured stone, probably volcanic. Blade is a large, broad lobe of lenticular cross-section. Butt end is in the form of a fish tail: the base of the blade has a rounded notch on each side; the butt is expanded with a central indentation on the end.
Place
Americas; Caribbean; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Saint Vincent
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Cave, Charles John Philip [collector and donor]; Brown (Mrs) [vendor]; Brown (Mr) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1901.3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Volcanic
Local Term
Measurements
128mm x 205mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to object reads '1901.3. St Vincent. W.I. Charles Cave. M.A.' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Other owners)
Accession Register notes: 'Collected by Brown of Bellair from whose wife the donor [Charles Cave] bought them in St Vincent in 1900'
Event Date 1900
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Fish-tail ground stone axe.'
Event Date 1901
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession register description for 1901.3-12: 'Ten, rounded or square blades with expanding butt-end, in one large specimen it is indented, and in one small square example with expanding blade it is notched; in the others it is rounded or straight, in one triangular (vary from 9" x 5 to 2".9 x 2".2).'
Event Date 5/1901
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
A large, notched axe made from a ground, grey coloured stone, probably volcanic. Blade is a large, broad lobe of lenticular cross-section. Butt end is in the form of a fish tail: the base of the blade has a rounded notch on each side; the butt is expanded with a central indentation on the end.
Event Date 5/6/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:137789
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