Axe head fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900-1500 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably South Appalachian Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible seller
- Anna Howland, Non-Indian
- J. L. Messer, Non-Indian
- Bill Scope, Non-Indian
- Expedition
- Mrs. Thea Heye North Carolina Expedition (1926)
- Expedition leader
- Charles O. Turbyfill (Charles Orr Turbyfill/C. O. Turbyfill), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased from Anna Howland, J.L. Messer, or Bill Scope (all of Otto, North Carolina) in 1926 during the Mrs. Thea Heye North Carolina Expedition. led by MAI staff member Charles O. Turbyfill (1888-1966) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Otto; Macon County; North Carolina; USA
- See related items
- South Appalachian Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/1129
- Barcode
- 151129.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Axe head fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_162278