Stone Axe

 

77. Large Stone axe. An ancient stone axe from the West Indies. It seems impossible that this was ever used as a weapon or tool and was probably some kind of votive object. Not much is known about these but for a similar monolithic axe see The national museum of the American Indian, Catalog number 5/3435. There example has an estimated date of 250 BC-1500 AD and was found on Saint Vincent.

31cm x 15cm.

West Indies.

Ex Andrew Crawforth collection. U.K.

 

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