Some stone celts/axes from Southeast Asia

[joshuaream]

Here are some flaked and polished stone axes from Southeast Asia (the one in the middle is from the Dominican Republic, it ended up there during a show and just stayed put.) Left to right: Thailand, Vietnam, Dom. Rep., Cambodia, Thailand, and the piece on top is unknown but probably Thailand.

 

[Th3rty7]

good looking artifacts, is the middle one a pick axe?

 

[joshuaream]

Here are a couple of additional pictures of the piece from Vietnam, probably one of the better worked flint pieces I've had.

 

[joshuaream]

good looking artifacts, is the middle one a pick axe?

It's a Taino artifact from the caribbean called a petaloid axe, some of them were just ceremonial decoration, but most of them were used as celts.

Here are a couple more, the biggest one here is about 10 inches and is sharpened almost all the way around except the pointed end. The next picture are a couple of smaller tool versions, and my miniature monolithic axe/toy hatchet from the Dom. Rep.

 

[Bluesy]

Wow, very nice!

 

[coteau]

Very cool!

How were the ones with tapered poll ends hafted? They look like they would have been socketed and used as chisels? I believe you that they were are axe heads, but I can't figure out how they were hafted.

 

[uniface]

 

[ohioaxeman]

 

[Tnmountains]

Nice collection of polished axes/celts Josh. So cool to see stuff from so far away. I am always amazed at the amount of polish and the precision of the bits they put on them. Amazes me. I have a highlty polished one I found from here but has damage (by them ) on it.
Oh yeah like the new Avatar. That a hoot. Very international sir
HH
TnMtns