Grooved Axe
97-563-1283
From: United States of America | Pennsylvania | Montgomery County (Pennsylvania)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-563-1283 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | United States of America | Pennsylvania | Montgomery County (Pennsylvania) |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Locus | one mile east of Norristown |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Description | Wide, three-quarter groove with raised edges. Ungrooved side flattened; also opposite side below groove. Faces of butt converge to form edge. Very symetrical. Has been pecked and smoothed. Little utilized. Collected in 1850. |
| Length | 17.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Width | 9.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Thickness | 6.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-563-1283 - Old Museum Number | 5646 - ANSP Number |
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