Gouge
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Nathaniel Purdy in 1844; acquired by Dr. George Jackson Fisher (1825-1893, an obstetrician and collector in Ossining, New York) in 1869; acquired by the Union Free School, District One, Ossining, New York, in 1894; donated to MAI by the Union Free School in 1960.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 6000–1000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
- Catalog Number
- 22/9942
- Barcode
- 229942.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Nathaniel Purdy, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Dr. George Jackson Fisher (Dr. G. J. Fisher), Non-Indian, 1825-1893
- Union Free School, District One
- Donor
- Union Free School, District One
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
- Object Name
- Gouge
- Media/Materials
- Sandstone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Place
- West Somers; Westchester County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Woodworking tools
- Record ID
- NMAI_244982
