Ritual stone axe blade

1000–1500

Object PlaceColombia

Medium/TechniqueStone

DimensionsOverall: 20.32 cm (8 in.)

Credit LineGift from the Collection of Shirley and Hy Zaret

Accession number2008.201

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsCeremonial artifacts

Collections

Americas

ProvenanceBefore 1950, probably in a Boston collection [see note 1]. 1960s or 1970s, acquired by Cesar Caniga, East Boston; 1980s, sold by Caniga to Lands Beyond Gallery, New York; after 1995, sold by Lands Beyond to Hy and Shirley Zaret, Westport, CT; 2008, gift of Shirley Zaret to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2008)

NOTES:
[1] According to information provided by Lands Beyond Gallery to the MFA, in the 1990s the object was still preserved in its old packaging, probably dating from before 1950 and coming from a Boston collection.