Accession No

Z 2547


Description

Stone axe, black in colour, ground surface. Curved cutting edge; rounded sides; body tapers before flaring to fishtail-like butt end with a round notch in the centre. Lenticular to oval in cross section.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; Grenada


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic


Source

?Froude, Robert Edmund [?donor or ?vendor]; ?von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 2547; MAA: ?1888.45; ?D 1887.13


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

184mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
On card is note saying: 'Apparently 1888.45 and given by R.E. Froude. L.C. 24/II/1937'. Label which presumably came from object is stuck on original card. It says '[?]S. Granada, a.v.H."
The 1888.45 card (in Joan Cunning's writing) actually says "Purchased from R.E. Froude", but this is not what it says in the Museum Annual Report.

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Large stone implement with expanding cutting edge--top shaped like the top of a heart; Ground
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Analysis)
This may be the object placed on deposit in 1887 (D 1887.13), the Annual Report entry reads: "A large axe-head, with expanding blade. Carib. S. Grenada. The Curator".
Event Date 1/7/2004
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Stone axe, black in colour, ground surface. Curved cutting edge; rounded sides; body tapers before flaring to fishtail-like butt end with a round notch in the centre. Lenticular to oval in cross section.
Event Date 7/6/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:137837

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