Some stone celts/axes from Southeast Asia

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.

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

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

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.

Wow, very nice!

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.

 

  

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 
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