Two Stone Axes

Lee · Today, 02:23 AM

The small one is Danish. I acquired it in a souvenir shop decades ago, where someone had hafted actual prehistoric fragments - this was the best (most complete) of the bunch. A more intact and complete Danish one will be longer and more similar to the Mount Hagen example, as seen following the link. When I saw the Mount Hagen one much more recently at a flea market, I was struck by the similarities in the shapes of these stone axeheads and how they had been hafted and so succumbed to its purchase. I guess form may well follow function and I like these parallel evolutions.

Today, 02:23 AM	#3
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 985	The small one is Danish. I acquired it in a souvenir shop decades ago, where someone had hafted actual prehistoric fragments - this was the best (most complete) of the bunch. A more intact and complete Danish one will be longer and more similar to the Mount Hagen example, as seen following the link. When I saw the Mount Hagen one much more recently at a flea market, I was struck by the similarities in the shapes of these stone axeheads and how they had been hafted and so succumbed to its purchase. I guess form may well follow function and I like these parallel evolutions.