Accession No

1920.956


Description

Stone adze or axe head, green in colour, polished or ground surfaces. Roughly straight cutting edge, slightly slanted; rounded sides; tapered butt end. Roughly oval to truncated lens in cross section.


Place

Americas; Caribbean; Jamaica


Period

Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic


Source

Brailey, Arthur Robertson [collector]; ?British Museum [donor]; Low [collector]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1920.956


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements

90mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Stone axe head; Ground
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Acquisition Details)
The catalogue card gives the source as 'A.R. Brailey, through Brit[ish] Mus[eum]'. The British Museum also has a collection of similar material donated by Arthur Robertson Brailey in 1920, and it is likely that the BM may then have passed on material to MAA.
Event Date 1920
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card note: 'cf. letters from T.A. Joyce d/10/20'

[the database record, however, recorded the dates as 1 October 1920 and 14 October 1920].
Event Date 1920
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Stone adze or axe head, green in colour, polished or ground surfaces. Roughly straight cutting edge, slightly slanted; rounded sides; tapered butt end. Roughly oval to truncated lens in cross section.
Event Date 6/6/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang


FM:137889

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