Axe blade/spud (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1000–1400 (Early to Middle Fort Ancient period)
- Culture/People
- probably Fort Ancient (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible owner
- Francis Cleveland, Non-Indian, 1796-1881
- Previous owner
- Samuel P. Adams, Sr. (Samuel Preston Adams), Non-Indian, 1869-1933
- Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
- Seller
- Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; possibly from the collection assembled between 1825 and 1840 by Francis Cleveland (1796-1881, an Ohio engineer); acquired by Samuel P. Adams (1869-1933, an Ohio relic collector) at an unknown date; acquired in 1912 by Albert L. Addis (1878-1951, a noted Indiana collector of archaeological objects) through an unnamed dealer in St. Louis; purchased by George Heye from Albert Addis in 1915.
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- Place
- Adams County; Ohio; USA
- See related items
- Fort Ancient (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/6955
- Barcode
- 046955.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Axe blade/spud (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Slate
- Techniques
- Incised, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_50739