Hoe Blade or Ax Head

Unidentified maker (Cuba)

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Pre-Columbian

Stone

Overall: 8 7/8 × 8 1/16 × 1/2 in. (22.5 × 20.5 × 1.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor M. Cutter, Class of 1903W

38.12.5495

Geography

Place Made: Cuba, Caribbean, Central America

Period

1000-1400

Object Name

Artifact

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Victor Macomber Cutter (1881-1952), early 1900's; lent to present collection, 1938-1953; bequeathed to Florence Edith deJongh Cutter (1885-1957), 1952; given to present collection, 1953.

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