. Monolithic axes and their distribution in ancient America. roup which bears the name ofProvidenciales, not far from Juba Point where the de Booy axewas found in 1911. The Gibbs axe is 9^ inches in length and iscut from a very hard, light-green stone, called jadeite by Mason;but as no analysis has yet been made, the material is the Lady Blake axe it is fashioned to show the petaloid celtinserted in, and the pointed end projecting through, a stout handle. In the paper above referred to, Mason figures a unique ex-ample of a petaloid axe still in the original handle of wood,3 oneo
. Monolithic axes and their distribution in ancient America. roup which bears the name ofProvidenciales, not far from Juba Point where the de Booy axewas found in 1911. The Gibbs axe is 9^ inches in length and iscut from a very hard, light-green stone, called jadeite by Mason;but as no analysis has yet been made, the material is the Lady Blake axe it is fashioned to show the petaloid celtinserted in, and the pointed end projecting through, a stout handle. In the paper above referred to, Mason figures a unique ex-ample of a petaloid axe still in the original handle of wood,3 oneof the treasures of the Lady Blake collection. It was found inCaicos, and when first described by Mason in 1876 was in possession 1 Frank Cundall, The Story of the Life of Columbus and the Discovery ofJamaica, Journal of the Institute of Jamaica, vol. 11, no. 1, Sept. 1894, fig. 7. 2 Otis T. Mason, The Latimer Collection of Antiquities from Porto Rico,Smithsonian Report for 1876, fig. 11. 3 Op. cit., fig. 12. CONTR. MUS. AMER. INDIAN VOL. II, NO. 6, PL. Ill.
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