Native American, Eastern to Midwestern United States, Eastern Woodland, Archaic Period, ca. 8000 to 1000 BCE. A hand-carved axe head of a broad form with a thick butt end, a bifacial blade head, and groove that encircles the entirety of the handle - hence the moniker "full groove axe head." The full groove enabled the stone to be bound to the end of a wooden pole for use as a chopping tool or a blunt hammer via the rounded butt end, which on this example has wear and an indented surface perhaps from such use. Size: 7.75" L x 4" W (19.7 cm x 10.2 cm)

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#173539

Chips and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Surface loss to butt end. Blade is smooth and highly polished.