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Object Number 67-2-10/31
Display Title Stone axe or chisel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone axe or chisel, one end tapers to broad edge, opposite end narrows, losses at both ends, smooth surface
Classification
  • Axe
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Northeast?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms New England
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 × 5.1 × 2.3 cm (3 7/8 × 2 × 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 31.; No. 31 / New England / Gift of Harvard College; 31
Credit Line Gift of Harvard College, 1867
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Harvard College (1867)

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