Hoe blade
Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated by Clifford C. Anderson (1869-1951) or Robert A. Kercher (1919-2009, an amateur archaeologist and collector from the Cincinnati, Ohio, area) between 1930 and 1936; purchased from Robert Kercher by Dr. Edgar Burke (1889-1950, a physician and hospital director in Jersey City, New Jersey) in 1950; donated to MAI by Dr. Burke's sisters, Alicita Burke Lee (Mrs. Frederick S. Lee, 1903-1992) and Minnie Burke Schwab (Mrs. Robert H. Schwab, 1891-1970) in 1952.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 200 BC–AD 500 (Middle Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 21/9116
- Barcode
- 219116.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Hopewell (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Clifford C. Anderson (C. C. Anderson), Non-Indian, 1869-1951
- Robert A. Kercher (Robert Alvin Kercher), Non-Indian, 1919-2009
- Previous owner
- Clifford C. Anderson (C. C. Anderson), Non-Indian, 1869-1951
- Robert A. Kercher (Robert Alvin Kercher), Non-Indian, 1919-2009
- Dr. Edgar Burke, Non-Indian, 1889-1950
- Donor
- Alicita B. Lee (Mrs. Frederick S. Lee/Mrs. F. S. Lee), Non-Indian, 1903-1992
- Minnie M. Schwab (Mathilde "Tilita" Burke Bradbury Schwab/Mrs. Robert H. Schwab), Non-Indian, 1891-1970
- Object Type
- Agricultural Tools/Equipment
- Object Name
- Hoe blade
- Media/Materials
- Freshwater mussel shell/shells
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Place
- Refuse pit; Fort Ancient; Warren County; Ohio; USA
- See related items
- Hopewell (archaeological culture)
- Agricultural Tools/Equipment
- Record ID
- NMAI_233691
