Votive Axe

200 BCE - 1000 CE
Unknown Artist (Mesoamerican)

Object Type	Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection
Dimensions	2 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in. (6.99 x 3.81 x 2.22 cm)
Medium	Stone
Credit Line	Bates College Museum of Art, Marsden Hartley Memorial Collection, Gift of the Marsden Hartley Estate, 1968.7.10.b
Accession Number	1968.7.10.b

This axe is notable for its classic shape for Mesoamerican votive axes, with rounded contours, a flattened top, and a pointed basal end.
Origins? West Mexico (a paper label on the rear face is too eroded to read, although its border matches that of the label on 1969.7.10.a which is marked “Tuxpan E. de Colima” (Tuxpan, state [Estado] of Colima).