Axe head/Votive axe
date: label: Date created
content: AD 800-1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Auction venue
content: Hotel Drouot
label: Previous owner
content: Gimbels (Gimbel Brothers), 1887-1987
label: Previous owner
content: Gimbels (Gimbel Brothers), 1887-1987
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; offered for sale at a 1927 auction of pre-Columbian art held at the Hotel Drouot (an auction house in Paris, France) and acquired by an unknown party; purchased by MAI from Gimbels (Gimbel Brothers), a New York City department store, in 1941.
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place: label: Place
content: Haiti
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Hispaniola
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/3670
label: Barcode
content: 203670.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe head/Votive axe
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground, carved
label: Dimensions
content: 50 x 10 x 4 cm