Axe head
date: label: Date created
content: 3000 BC-AD 1450
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid), Saladoid, Troumassan Troumassoid, and Suazan Troumassoid Traditions
label: Previous owner
content: Sir Thomas Graham Briggs, Non-Indian, 1833-1887
label: Possible owner
content: John Allen Brown (J. Allen Brown, F.G.S.), Non-Indian, 1831-1903
label: Previous seller
content: J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms, 1834-ca. 1940
label: Previous owner
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Seller
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Graham Briggs (1833-1887, a landowner in the Caribbean); possibly acquired by John Allen Brown (1831-1903, of the Geological Society of London); acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1904 from the J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms (London, England); purchased by Marshall H. Saville (1867-1935, MAI staff member) from W.O. Oldman in 1907.
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place: label: Place
content: Barbados
label: Archipelago
content: Lesser Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Barbados
label: Island Grouping
content: Netherlands Antilles
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: 1/2440
label: Barcode
content: 012440.000
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