Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Peter D. Staats (of Newark, New Jersey); donated to MAI by Peter D. Staats in 1917.
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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
- Peter D. Staats (P. D. Staats), Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Peter D. Staats (P. D. Staats), Non-Indian
- Donor
- Peter D. Staats (P. D. Staats), Non-Indian
- 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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