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Ritual stone axe blade
Tairona
1000–1500
Object Place: Colombia
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 20.32 cm (8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Collection of Shirley and Hy Zaret
Accession Number2008.201
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeremonial artifacts
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.
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.