: An axe? How can you tell? All the picture shows is a
: handle. But what you say about the statue holds
: true... the sword probably came with the armor.
You can see the general lines of the axe blade above the handle. They're just sketched. Personally, I like that; as a frontier boy who struck it big, an axe is an appropriate weapon for him.
The statue was doubtless put up decades later, perhaps even after he disappeared. And it's very stylized, so the dress and weaponry may not have much relation to what he actually wore and use.
--SiliconDream
