Description:

Native American, North America, Eastern Woodland, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A finely-crafted hand axe made from a mottled gray-green stone with light and dark inclusions. It has a rounded handle, a carved three-quarters groove as a gripping point, two elongated blade faces which gradually taper to a honed edge, and a relatively flat base. The Woodland Period was a prosperous time for ancient Americans. Woodland people developed agricultural techniques and produces many varieties of maize and other crops. Cultures such as the Adena and the Hopewell learned to build earthen burial and ceremonial mounds and today are known to scholars as the Mound Builders. Axes (celts) like this example were favored tools of these people. Size: 5.25" L x 2.375" H (13.3 cm x 6 cm).

Provenance: private Boulder, Colorado, USA collection

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  • Condition: Age-commensurate surface wear and roughness, small chips to handle and blade edge, and light discoloration. Light earthen deposits throughout.

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