Item ESK4 - Inuit or Eskimo Stone Ax & Hammer.
This
stone tool or weapon consists of a stone head that is likely of volcanic origin
lashed by old seal skin to a wooden handle fromed of an old wooden branch that
retains much of its original bark. The stone head is roughly shaped into a
blade at one end, and blunt peen at the other. The head is about 7 inches long,
with a maximum depthof 2 ½ inches. The stone has been shaped at its midpoint to
fit snuggly into a split in the top of the handle. It is lashed there by seal
rawhide that was expertly wound and tucked to make a very tight fitting with the
handle. The handle is made of an old (probably driftwoodd branch (with bark
largelyintact that is almost 20 inches long and 1 ¼ inch diameter. The entire
tool is much blackened by age, and perhaps the smoke from walrus blubber fire in
the interior of a winter home. This is a quite interesting tool and is likely
quite old. It is of museum quality. Fine
Price - $100.00
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