Axe
62-7-67
From: Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 62-7-67 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | archaeological site on the River, outside the Village, east of the Mines |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Hide | Stone |
| Description | Wooden handle and stone head. Large oblong pecked stone hammer head with signs of heavy battering on exposed end. It is hafted with stick bent U-shape around head and two ends lashed together; it is also lashed together with leather thongs immediately below head. Butt of head secured by plaited thong strap extending from one side of handle around butt to other side. |
| Length | 54 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Luis L. Mohr, 1962 |
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