Axe head
date: label: Date created
content: 250 BC-AD 1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Saladoid and Troumassan Troumassoid Traditions and Cayo Complex
label: Possible collector
content: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
label: Possible collector
content: Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
label: Previous owner
content: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
label: Previous owner
content: Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
label: Seller
content: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
label: Seller
content: Sir Henry A. Blake, Non-Indian, 1840-1918
notes: label: Collection History
content: 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).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Saint Vincent; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
label: Archipelago
content: Lesser Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Saint Vincent
label: Island Grouping
content: Windward Islands
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/9231
label: Barcode
content: 059231.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe head
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, carved