Grooved Axe

97-563-6490

From: United States of America | Ohio (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 97-563-6490
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Ohio (uncertain)
Culture Area Northeast Culture Area (uncertain)
Section American
Materials Stone
Technique Groundstone
Description

Pecked; full groove is polished; rounded butt; very much utilized; one side evidently broken off diagonally and re-pecked, thus forming narrow cutting edge.

Length 15.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Width 11.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Thickness 5.6 Measurement Unit Not Provided
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-563-6490 - Old Museum Number | 15603 - ANSP Number | 21 - Original Number

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