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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Spade
Type:Agricultural Tools and Equipment
Materials:Chert
Place Made:North America; United States; Illinois; Pikes County
Measurements:overall: 8 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.; 20.955 x 10.795 x 2.8575 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.A.5.c.2
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

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 affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Chipped flint spade, gray. Wider at bottom with slightly convex digging edge showing polish, roughly chipped from a reject showing flaws.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people; Native American

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