Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note on cardboard box: 'MEXICO OAXACA MIXTEC COPPER AXES AND BRONZE AXE HEAD'.
Event Date
Author: Dominique Devadason

Context (Display)
Handwritten display label for both 1932.365 A-B reads: 'Copper Axes used as currency. Mitla. d.d. Dr G.F. Rogers'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Analysis)
Note on card by Louis C.G. Clarke 'These are very common and are thought to have been a form of primitive currency'. Original card has sketch. Unknown hand has written 'Mixtec'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1932.365 A-B: 'Two copper objects, very thin.'
Event Date 1932
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Andrews Gallery, 'The Americas 1492', 15 June 1992 to 24 September 1994.
Event Date 15/6/1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Thin copper axe, possibly used as currency.
Event Date 25/9/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Developed flat axe, possibly a copper money axe. Flat cross-section; flat butt end, slightly expanded; rectangular tang, with raised flange; fanned blade, with a crescent-shaped cutting-edge. Smooth surface; copper hue, with green accretions.
Event Date 4/3/2025
Author: Dominique Devadason