Axe

Museum number:
3-19759
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030019759
Accession number:
Acc.2060
Description:
Axe, gray, basalt, rectangular outline, flaked on 1½ surfaced, remainder smooth, one fourth of four adjoining surfaces is a groove; length 10.2 cm, width 7.2 cm
Donor:
Richard H. Brooks and University Appropriation
Collection place:
El Zape, Guanaceví Municipality, Durango
Collector:
Richard H. Brooks
Collection date:
April 1957
Materials:
Basalt (basic igneous rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Axes (stone tools)
Accession date:
1957
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 3-19759, described as Axe, gray, basalt, rectangular outline, flaked on 1½ surfaced, remainder smooth, one fourth of four adjoining surfaces is a groove; length 10.2 cm, width 7.2 cm

Tools