Indian Ax Head With Double Ring Granite

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Indian ax head with double ring granite. Axe head 3 4 groove. 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. Double grooved axe head.

At the time of printing in 2001 the value of this axe was 985 00. Cobbles with small shallow cupped depressions called anvil stones or nutting stones also came into use during the archaic period. 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. 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.

Indian artifacts may be strewn where there was once a settlement. 6 1 8 long material. Probably late archaic 5 500 to 2 500 bp american indian tools. Dgah1 double groove axe hammer head size.

Large authentic native american indian grooved stone axe head war hammer. It was a full groove double axe head and quite primitive. The round end was tightly inserted into a hole chiseled into a wood or bone handle. Note sparkling hematite crystals shining through broken surfaces.

2 3 4 long x 2 1 2 wide x 1 1 4 thick with 3 4 wide groove material. 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. Native american stone axe north carolina granite large size. Rare archaic indian stone axe hammer rare.

Middle archaic 8 000 5 500 bp american indian tools. L 2 84 w 1 35 missouri. The form of a stone axe was created by pecking with a hard hammerstone. Authentic rare northwest coast pre columbian stone effigy axe maul.

Un grooved axe used for small chopping jobs. A very rare find. Levintique 6 years ago i concur with chadakoin 100 have had one of my own this past year. 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.

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. Make offer native american indian stone 3 4 grooved axe head. Black crystalline hematite age. Ah2 mini axe hammer head size.