Axe head fragment
- Date created
- 250 BC-AD 1500
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Saladoid and Troumassan Troumassoid Traditions and Cayo Complex
- Possible collector
- Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
- Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
- Previous owner
- Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
- Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
- Seller
- Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
- Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but possibly collected between 1884 and 1898 by Lady Edith Blake (1845-1926, amateur ethnologist, archaeologist, and artist) and her husband Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1840-1918, governor of the Bahamas from 1884 to 1887 and governor of Jamaica from 1889 to 1898); purchased from the Blakes by MAI in 1916 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Saint Vincent; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Archipelago
- Lesser Antilles
- Island Name
- Saint Vincent
- Island Grouping
- Windward Islands
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/9235
- Barcode
- 059235.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Axe head fragment
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, carved
- Record ID
- NMAI_63874