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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Axe
Type:Woodworking Tool
Materials:Stone
Place Made:North America; United States
Measurements:overall: 4 7/8 x 3 1/2 x 7/16 in.; 12.3825 x 8.89 x 1.1113 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.A.7.d.16
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:
Thin, irregular shaped stone axe, very smooth and black on one edge. Blade broad and narrowing sharply to a straight stub handle.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people; Native American

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