Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by John Howard Quinby (1863-1940, of Armonk, New York) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by his widow, Emma Louise Briggs Quinby (1877-1962), in 1942 in memory of Howard Quinby.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Collector
- John Howard Quinby (Howard Quimby), Non-Indian, 1863-1940
- Previous owner
- John Howard Quinby (Howard Quimby), Non-Indian, 1863-1940
- Emma Briggs Quinby (Emma Louise Briggs/Mrs. John Howard Quinby), Non-Indian, 1877-1962
- Donor
- Emma Briggs Quinby (Emma Louise Briggs/Mrs. John Howard Quinby), Non-Indian, 1877-1962
- Honoree
- John Howard Quinby (Howard Quimby), Non-Indian, 1863-1940
- Date created
- 8000 BC–AD 500 (Early Archaic to Middle Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Axe head
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
