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Artifact

Machete

Description

  • Machete has a curved metal blade attached to a bone handle.
  • Maker's mark next to the handle 
  • Maker's mark logo is of a fist emerging from a crown, clutching a mallet.

History of Use

  • Used to cut trails through the dense jungle of the Magdalena River Valley on the concession of the Tropical Oil Company, Colombia. 

Background Information

  • From the collection of John Braybrook, International Driller in Colombia from 1930 to 1943. 

Map Location

Latitude: 6° 56' 0.535" N
Longitude: 73° 45' 4.226" W

Date

1930-1943

Dimensions

inches
Length:
25.5
Width:
1.0
Height:
3.5

Events, Places, People

  • John T. Braybrook
  • El Centro, Colombia

Originating Location

North America›United States

Subject

  • A metal machete with a long, curving blade and a bone handle with a dark wooden base, pointing to the right. There is a small image of a sun on the blade right next to the handle.
  • A metal machete with a long, curving blade and a bone handle with a dark wooden base, pointing to the left. There is a small image of a sun on the blade right next to the handle.
  • The wooden base of a machete. There is a piece of metal shaped like a diamond, with a nail through the centre, in the middle of the base.
  • A yellow sun burst painted on the blade of a metal machete.
  • The handle of a machete, made of bone with a dark wooden base. The bone is beige. It attaches to the metal blade.

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