Plains stone axe for ?ing

[Tim Simmons]

I have taken a not too modest punt on this axe. I am familiar with much old African items with trade brass studs and have been viewing a lot of Native American work in museums lately so I feel some confidence in my gamble. I know this can be one of the most difficult areas of collecting with so much reproduction, romantic, fantasy interpretation and down right fakes. However the stone does display the right form and skilled work. The studs do not appear in 'these' pictures to be recent. Also there is something about the placing of the studs and the piece as a whole that does not look like romantic fantasist work. Lastly if I were to make a fake or reproduction of any genre like this, I would want quite a bit more than I paid for it.

It has yet to arrive which will involve another charge so I am feeling rather anxious. When it arrives and is worthy of further investigation i will add more information.

We lack input here from collectors of Native American weapons. They/you are out there and I bet you have visited this site so why not join in?