Trade Axe Head
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This 18th century iron axe was found in Norwalk, Ohio, and is likely of French origin. It has a flat top and a bearded bit, as well as an oval-shaped eye with no poll. On each side and the back of the axe, there are depressed circles with X’s or crosses in them. French traders and Jesuit missionaries settled in the Ohio region and along the Great Lakes during sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, predominantly trading weapons for furs and other goods.
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content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. E. Osborne, through Bureau of American Ethnology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.042330.01
label: accession number
content: 042330
label: catalog number
content: 042330.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Axe Head
label: Other Terms
content: Axe Head; Axe; Woodworking; Striking & Prizing Tools; Hand Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19.2 cm; 7 9/16 in