Votive Axe

200 BCE - 1000 CE
Unknown Artist (Mesoamerican)

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	1 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (3.81 x 4.45 x 9.53 cm)
Medium	Stone
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Gift of the Marsden Hartley Estate, 1968.7.10.a
Accession Number	1968.7.10.a

West Mexico (a paper label on the rear face may indicate the piece came from the state of Colima; “Tuxpan E. de Colima” (Tuxpan, state [ Estado] of Colima).
This axe is notable for its rectilinear shape with sharp angles where the faces meet. Compare with the more rounded form typical for Mesoamerican votive axes; see 1955.1.196, 1967.7.10.b.