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Object Number 84-6-10/34968
Display Title Metal, copper alloy adze
Descriptions
Object Description Copper celt.
Inventory Description Metal, copper alloy adze
Classification
  • Adze
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Ross County / <City> / Liberty Earthworks; Ohio State Site # 33RO22
Intrasite Edwin Harness Mound; from the first and second excavations by the schoolboys
Additional Geographic Terms Liberty Township; Scioto River, 3 km east of, on second terrace
Materials Copper alloy
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 4.7 x 0.9 cm (3 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34968
Provenance
Collector Prof. Frederic Ward Putnam (9/25/1884-10/12/1884)
Collector Dr. Charles L. Metz (9/25/1884-10/12/1884)
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (11/01/1884)

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