Axe
97-564-166
From: New Mexico | Tesuque River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-564-166 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Mexico | Tesuque River |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone |
| Technique | Notched |
| Description | "Unfinished notched stone axe." Made from flat river stone. Irregular. Triangular. Two large notches on each side, and one small notch at base. "Blade" section chipped along edge of one face, and smoothed. Perhaps net sinker transformed into axe? |
| Length | 19.4 cm |
| Width | 17.5 cm |
| Thickness | 3.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-564-166 - Old Museum Number | 20180 - ANSP Number | I 715 - Gottschall Number |
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