Accession Number

1986.008.1390

Creation Date

circa 1700

Description

Absent small edge sections. Includes three wood handle fragments.
Broadaxes, named due to their wide heads, were a common ax type in carpentry and shipbuilding. This type, sometimes called a hewing ax, was designed to square off logs to make beams and planks. The eye would be offset and at an angle allowing for a flat side of the axe to create a flat surface on the wood. The offset and angle would result in each ax being right or left-handed