Shell axe
Although a small Carib population remains on Dominica, these shell axes were produced by their ancestors who lived on the island in large numbers before Europeans arrived and enslaved them. The axes were crafted from the great conch shell (Strombus gigas) and were probably used in cultivation.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 94/2000
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Common Name
- shell axe
- Simple Name
- axe
- Production County
- Caribbean
