Axe
40-25-23
From: United States of America | Maine | Penobscot County | Indian Island | Penobscot Reservation
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 40-25-23 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Red Paint People |
Provenience | United States of America | Maine | Penobscot County | Indian Island | Penobscot Reservation |
Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
Locus | cache [uncertain] | burial [uncertain] | near Oldtown |
Period | Late Archaic | Maritime Archaic | Moorehead Phase |
Date Made | 3000 BCE - 1000 BCE |
Section | American |
Materials | Shale |
Description | Sandy shale. Pecked. Poll more than a semicircle; full encircling groove; sides of blade nearly straight; edge convex, nicked. |
Height | 2.9 cm |
Length | 13.8 cm |
Width | 7.3 cm |
Thickness | 1.63 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with Samuel W. Fernberger, 1940 |
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