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Culture/People:
probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)  Search this
Possible collector:
Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926  Search this
Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918  Search this
Previous owner:
Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926  Search this
Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918  Search this
Seller:
Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926  Search this
Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918  Search this
Object Name:
Monolithic axe
Media/Materials:
Amphibolite
Techniques:
Pecked, carved, ground
Object Type:
Personal items
Place:
Near Conch Bar; Conch Bar Caves; Conch Bar; Middle Caicos District; Turks and Caicos Islands
Archipelago:
Bahama Islands
Island Name:
Middle Caicos Island (Grand Caicos Island)
Island Grouping:
Caicos Islands
Geographical Areas:
Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
Date created:
AD 800-1500
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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Catalog Number:
5/9138
Barcode:
059138.000
See related items:
Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
Personal items
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61832e108-cb6b-4666-bc72-fc1453bf1b8c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_63594