Axe head/Votive axe

Date created
AD 800-1500
Culture/People
probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Auction venue
Hotel Drouot
Previous owner
Gimbels (Gimbel Brothers), 1887-1987
Gimbels (Gimbel Brothers), 1887-1987
Collection History
Collection history unknown; offered for sale at a 1927 auction of pre-Columbian art held at the Hotel Drouot (an auction house in Paris, France) and acquired by an unknown party; purchased by MAI from Gimbels (Gimbel Brothers), a New York City department store, in 1941.
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Place
Haiti
Archipelago
Greater Antilles
Island Name
Hispaniola
Geographical Areas
Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
See related items
Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
20/3670
Barcode
203670.000
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Object Name
Axe head/Votive axe
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Pecked, ground, carved
Dimensions
50 x 10 x 4 cm
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68dd30d08-36fe-4ae7-a84c-895d2b3b0a68
Record ID
NMAI_217507