"Large Polished Green Stone Axe - Taino Culture - Pre-columbian West Indies - 1000-1492"
Superb petaloid-shaped axe in black-green stone. Its cutting edge is in an arc and the opposite end ends in a point. Its section is in the shape of a compressed oval. 20x9cm Weight: 1,193 kilos This type of carefully polished axe without a groove or ears for hafting characterizes the Greater Antilles. Taino culture Between the year 1000 and 1492. An equivalent copy is kept at the Musée du Quai Branly Jacques Chirac under the inventory number: 71.1914.2.2 
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