Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Silas Downing (1806-1856, of Glen Cove, New York); presented by him through Isaac Coles (1817-1797, a merchant and surveyor in Glen Cove, New York) to the Long Island Historical Society in 1878; lent to MAI by the Long Island Historical Society in 1921; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Previous owner
- Silas Downing, Non-Indian, 1806-1856
- Possible owner
- Isaac Coles, Non-Indian, 1817-1897
- Previous owner
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Donor
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Axe head
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
