Accession No

1901.11


Description

A small notched axe made from a ground, dark grey coloured stone, possibly basalt. Blade is a broad lobe of lenticular cross-section with a sharp, rounded cutting edge; a triangular chip is missing from one side. 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 but narrower than the blade, with a shallow central notch 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

1901.11


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Volcanic; ?Basalt


Local Term


Measurements

61mm x 92mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label adhered to object reads '1901.11. 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 axe, end broken. Butt is indented in centre.'
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 small notched axe made from a ground, dark grey coloured stone, possibly basalt. Blade is a broad lobe of lenticular cross-section with a sharp, rounded cutting edge; a triangular chip is missing from one side. 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 but narrower than the blade, with a shallow central notch on the end.
Event Date 6/6/2024
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:137797

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