Indian Ax Head With Double Ring Granite

Axe head 3 4 groove.

Indian ax head with double ring granite.

Black crystalline hematite age. Un grooved axe used for small chopping jobs. Cobbles with small shallow cupped depressions called anvil stones or nutting stones also came into use during the archaic period. Identifying indian tools made from rock is moderately easy if you know what you re looking for.

Over all in great condition with a symmetrical balanced form and tapered bit. Ah2 mini axe hammer head size. Probably held into place with adhesive and tied as well. I am a resident of missouri as well and but sadly the only axe i have found was the broken bit end should take more pics of the other artifact id love to see it.

Probably late archaic 5 500 to 2 500 bp american indian tools. 4 1 2 x 3 stone axe head 3 4 grooved pre european contact but grooved axes are thought to be earlier native american greater southeast us. Sep 3 2015 the best antiques price guide find the value of your vintage and modern antiques. It was a full groove double axe head and quite primitive.

Arrowheads and bird points may be found at vantage points such as cliff tops and bluffs although only fragments or shards of these primitive tools may. Celt axe bit celts are associated with the woodland times through the mississippian. Middle archaic 8 000 5 500 bp american indian tools. The round end was tightly inserted into a hole chiseled into a wood or bone handle.

2 3 4 long x 2 1 2 wide x 1 1 4 thick with 3 4 wide groove material. Indian artifacts may be strewn where there was once a settlement. The form of a stone axe was created by pecking with a hard hammerstone. Native american stone axe north carolina granite large size.

Levintique 6 years ago i concur with chadakoin 100 have had one of my own this past year. Dgah1 double groove axe hammer head size. 6 1 8 long material. Stone axe head 3 4 grooved graphite and green color pre european contact grooved axes are thought to be early native american collection history to illinois.

Make offer native american indian stone 3 4 grooved axe head. Authentic rare northwest coast pre columbian stone effigy axe maul. Note sparkling hematite crystals shining through broken surfaces. L 2 84 w 1 35 missouri.

A very rare find. At the time of printing in 2001 the value of this axe was 985 00. Awesome 9 inch illinois 3 4 grooved axe pictured an outstanding example of the 3 4 grooved axe which was pictured in lar hothems indian artifacts of the midwest page 198 edition 4. In north america axes celts gouges mauls plummets and bannerstones began to appear early in the archaic period made from hard igneous or metamorphic rocks.