Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Harriet K. Roeder (1886-1958); inherited by her daughter Harriet A. Roeder (1915-1991) and lent to MAI in 1959 in her mother's memory; donated to MAI by Harriet A. Roeder in 1963.
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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
- Harriet K. Roeder (Harriet K. Pupke/Mrs. Arthur Roeder), Non-Indian, 1886-1958
- Harriet A. Roeder, Non-Indian, 1915-1991
- Donor
- Harriet A. Roeder, Non-Indian, 1915-1991
- Honoree
- Harriet K. Roeder (Harriet K. Pupke/Mrs. Arthur Roeder), Non-Indian, 1886-1958
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 500 (Late Archaic to Middle Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Axe head
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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