Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Milton M. Babcock (1910-1997. a collector of Native artifacts and owner of the Milton Antique Shop, Milton, Massachusetts); acquired by MAI in 1950 through an exchange with Milton Babcock.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Milton M. Babcock, Non-Indian, 1910-1997
- Date created
- 6000–1000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
- Object Name
- Gouge
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
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