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Object Number 22-34-10/G3878
Display Title Broken axe blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone adze fragment, broken along length and at one end
Classification
  • Adze
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Hancock County / <City> / Shell heaps
Intrasite Shell heaps
Additional Geographic Terms Mt. Desert
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 11.1 × 3.7 × 3.4 cm (4 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object G3878
Provenance
Provenance Dr. Warren King Moorehead (?)

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