Axe blade
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by L. Russell Clapp (1813-1902, a New York civil engineer) in 1878; presented by him to the Long Island Historical Society in 1878; lent to MAI by the Long Island Historical Society in 1921; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 800 BC–AD 500 (Early to Middle Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 10/4992
- Barcode
- 104992.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- L. Russell Clapp (Lorenzo Russell Clapp), Non-Indian, 1813-1902
- Previous owner
- L. Russell Clapp (Lorenzo Russell Clapp), Non-Indian, 1813-1902
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Donor
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Axe blade
- Media/Materials
- Copper
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Place
- Under 2 feet of mud; Smith Pond; Hempstead, Rockville Centre; Nassau County; New York; USA
- Island Name
- Long Island
- Island Grouping
- Long Island
- See related items
- Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_112887
