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Trade ax

Trade ax

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Titles: Trade ax (Supplied title)

Description: Trade ax of late form with forged iron blade stamped "9:000" and "W" or "M" inside circle. Original haft is possibly Indian-made. Ax dates between 1850 and 1900.

Dates

  • Not earlier than 1850 - Not later than 1900 (Creation)

Identifiers

  • Accession Number: 1989.407.1

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

  • Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

  • 76 centimeters length
  • 20.5 centimeters width
  • 2.5 centimeters depth
  • 30 inches length
  • 9 1/2 inches width
  • 1 7/8 inches depth

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Trade ax

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  1. Bill M.
    January 22, 2023
    This particular axe was not used in North American trade, but imported in the 20th Century from Portugal, as thousands like it were, to be fraudulently passed-off as trade axes. Mark Miller does an excellent job identifying misrepresented axes on his website. About 4/5 of the way down on this page https://www.furtradetomahawks.com/fakes-mistakes--repros---17.html, is an other example from Portugal-- the one in your collection is not quite the same style, but is defintely a Portuguese axe that was never part of North American trade.
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