Axe
Fully-grooved, groundstone axe of a dark, gray-green stone. Elongated in shape, with hafting groove just below the midline, toward the hafting end. Cutting edge is sharply polished. Hafting end is rounded.
- Object: Axe
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: -
- Dimensions: 5-1/2" long 2-1/2" wide
- Culture Area: Plains or Lakes
- Cultural Group: Unspecified
- Cultural Context: Grooved, groundstone axes were common ineastern North America from Middle Archaic times (after 8000 b.p.) to historic contact. The groove was used to haft the stone blade to a wooden handle.
- Donor: -
- Catalog #: 35.270