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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Axe
Type:Tool
Materials:Stone
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.; 3.175 x 8.89 x 3.816 cm
Accession Number:  MH 96.F
Credit Line:Source and date of acquisition unknown
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of the descendants of those who made it or affiliated Tribal officials.

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Description:
Dark gray-black stone with sharp, rounded edge. Flat on one side and circular shaped handle with wide groove.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; Native American; indigenous people

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