> Almost certainly, the person who drew this axe is still alive today. There are ~8 billion people alive today, so it is a simple matter of figuring out who to

> Almost certainly, the person who drew this axe is still alive today. There are ~8 billion people alive today, so it is a simple matter of figuring out who to ask. But the artist who drew the pic wouldn't necessarily -- I'd go so far as to guess probably doesn't -- know how it ended up on that ball; who copied it from where and what word (or letter) that person thought it illustrated.