Accession No
2025.19
Description
A stone axehead with ears or notches.
Place
Americas; South America; Ecuador; Santa Elena Province; La Libertad
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Rumble, Greville (Dr) [donor]; Rumble, Gerald [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2025.19; MAA: MN0353
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
21mm x 64mm x 67mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
A loose note accompanying the donation reads: Huancavilca Culture/Manabi area
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Gerald Rumble, object collector, worked for Anglo Ecuadorian Oilfields at Anćon, in the modern province of Santa Elena, between 1922 and 1960. Sharing a house with Geoffrey Bushnell in the 1920s, Gerald would accompany him on some of his excavations at La Libertad.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A stone axehead with ears or notches.
Event Date 2/7/2025
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:327172
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