Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) or his wife Gladys Macrae Skinner (1893-1918) at an unknown date; donated to MAI by Alanson Skinner in 1918 in memory of Gladys Skinner.
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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
- Possible collector
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Gladys M. Skinner (Gladys Macrae/Mrs. Alanson Skinner), Non-Indian, 1893-1918
- Donor
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Honoree
- Gladys M. Skinner (Gladys Macrae/Mrs. Alanson Skinner), Non-Indian, 1893-1918
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Axe head
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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