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Object Number 06-5-10/65756
Display Title Green (jade?) stone blade
Descriptions
Object Description Green (jade?) stone blade
Inventory Description Axe blade, ground stone, blunt end tapered, rounded body
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Port Simpson
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 8.2 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm (3 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 06-5-10/65756
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1905)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1906)

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