Description:

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Mixtec people, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A lovely pair of cast-copper axe blades (also called celts) with slender profiles that suggest they may have also functioned as chisels or coinage. Size: 3.2" W x 5.45" H (8.1 cm x 13.8 cm)

Provenance: private Ohio, USA collection before 2000

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#148980

  • Condition: The smaller of the two is intact. The larger has a stable fracture near its blade edge that is unrepaired, and is also missing a small chip from the butt. Both have rich patina and clear forms.

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