Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
11 July 1927
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/716
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ) varied types; and:a fragment of decorated Pottery; all from America 14 A polished stone Chisel ; a polished Axe, Delaware Water Gap; a good Lance Head, 54 in. long; a polished Adze; a chipped flint Adze; six others; and a fragment of decorated Pottery, all from America 12 America; another in diorite, Venezeula; a sling Stone, South America; and two others A large Axe with broad curved cutting edge and narrow “waisted ” butt, 11 in. long; probably Carib Another, with projections at butt, 94%. long, fine; found near Sterling, N.B. Another, similar, and two others smaller; from St. Vincent and St. Lucia 3) Three others; and five Axes of varied types, probably Carib 8 A finely polished Axe in hard crystalline stone, St. Vincent ; and three shell Adzes, Barbados with projections at the butt, 16 in. long; St. Vincent butt, 84 in. Jong; another of similar material but smaller ; and a small Chisel ; all from Jamaica; another in jadeite, St. Vincent; and two others 6 A polished stone Axe, with flattened sides, 10 im. long; and three Gouges; all from Newfoundland 4 A large polished. Axe, with eared projections at butt, 9 i. long; a massive Adze of crystalline limestone, 84 1. long, Banks Island; and a well formed Axe of diorite, Guadaloupe 3 An Adze with saw marks at the sides; another in jade; another in limestone; and a Chisel of slender form; British Columbia 3 ee. ADE ce BS) igs Deas S Y) We