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Object Number 14-23-10/85680
Display Title 'Hatchet' natural form
Descriptions
Object Description "hatchet," natural form
Inventory Description Unworked, irregularly shaped natural stone, flared at one end, squared off at opposite end, rounded edges
Classification
  • Stone
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Oxford County / Fryeburg
Additional Geographic Terms Lovewell Pond
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.2 × 7.6 × 4.7 cm (6 × 3 × 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85680
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mrs. G. P. Bradley (1914)

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