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Object Number 39-30-10/18216
Display Title Grooved stone axe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Grooved stone axe
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Date 1867-1899
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 7.5 x 3.7 cm (6 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-30-10/18216
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (1939)

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