Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1880 by G.S. Walton; formerly in the collection of Ernest Shoemaker (1866-1958, of Brooklyn, New York); donated to MAI by Ernest Shoemaker in 1936.
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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
- Collector
- G. S. Walton, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Ernest Shoemaker, Non-Indian, 1866-1958
- Donor
- Ernest Shoemaker, Non-Indian, 1866-1958
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 500 (Late Archaic to Middle Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Axe head
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
