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Object Number
65-14-10/44021
Display Title
Stone-headed hatchet. Hide with beaded decoration on handle.
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone-headed hatchet. Hide with beaded decoration on handle (made for tourist?)
Inventory Description
Axe, ground stone head, incised/ pigment- ed, leather bound fringed handle w/ be
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sauk
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains
Materials
Stone, Wood, Leather, Glass, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 43.2 x 14.5 x 3.3 cm (17 x 5 11/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
65-14-10/44021
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Lloyd Vernon Briggs
(1900)
Donor
Pilgrim Society
(4/22/1965)
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