Trade Axe Head
notes: label: Description
content: This trade axe head was found near the site at which the Norridgewock Abenaki and Father Sebastien Rale were massacred by the English in 1724. It is a single-bladed splitting axe head made of iron with a label on it marked, “Tomahawk: from Old Point,” the present-day town at which it was found. The eye is in the shape of a teardrop, has no lugs, and has an unthickened flat poll. According to the catalog card, this axe was the kind that would have been used by White settlers.
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content: Work and Industry: Hand Tools
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. Curtis Smithe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.033209.01
label: accession number
content: 33209
label: catalog number
content: 33209.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Axe Head
label: Other Terms
content: Axe; Axe Head; Woodworking; Striking & Prizing Tools; Hand Tools
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.3 cm; 8 in