Axe
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1029-1160 (radiocarbon dated)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: William Murphy, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: William Murphy, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: Lady Edith Blake (Edith Bernal-Osborne Blake), Non-Indian, 1845-1926
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: Collected by William Murphy while prospecting for guano in a cave circa 1882; maintained in his collection until he presented it to 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) at some point during the Blakes' tenure in the Caribbean; maintained in Lady Blake's collection until 1916 when their collection was purchased by MAI using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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place: label: Place
content: Cave; North Caicos District; Turks and Caicos Islands
label: Archipelago
content: Bahama Islands
label: Island Name
content: North Caicos Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Caicos Islands
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Chican Ostionoid (Chicoid) (archaeological culture)
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: 6/0
label: Barcode
content: 060000.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe
label: Media/Materials
content: Jade (jadeite and omphacite), guaiacum wood
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground, carved