Axe (picara) with wood handle, iron blade affixed with two nails. Iron blade made from automobile leaf spring. Made by local mestizo smith, used for dressing stone for the pavement of a new town square (zócalo).
Donor:
James Maas, Richard H. Brooks, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Creel, Bocoyna Municipality, Chihuahua
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Chihuahua, Creel; Mestizo smith
Collector:
James Maas
Collection date:
1987
Materials:
Iron (metal) (iron blade made from automobile leaf spring), Metal (nails), and Wood (plant material) (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stone working axes (stone working tools) and Stone working axes (tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1957
Context of use:
Made by local mestizo smith, used for dressing stone for the pavement of a new town square (zócalo).
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
handle— length 34.2 centimeters and blade— length 19 centimeters
Loans:
S2010-2011 #8: SFO Museum (June 1, 2011–May 22, 2012)