Axe head
date: label: Date created
content: 2500 BC-AD 1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid), Saladoid, and Ostionan Ostionoid Traditions
label: Possible collector
content: Harry E. Hurst (Henry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1889-1979
label: Previous owner
content: Harry E. Hurst (Henry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1889-1979
label: Seller
content: Harry E. Hurst (Henry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1889-1979
label: Seller agent
content: Dolores Ricardo Hurst (Dolores Ricardo de Hurst/Mrs. Harry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, ca. 1899-1956
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or acquired from local residents between 1924 and 1926 by Harry E. (Henry) Hurst (1889-1979) while he was stationed in in Haiti with the U.S. Marine Corps; purchased by MAI from Harry Hurst in 1926, possibly through his wife Dolores Ricardo Hurst (ca. 1899-1956).
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place: label: Place
content: Cap-Haïtien; Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement; Nord Department; Haiti
label: Archipelago
content: Greater Antilles
label: Island Name
content: Hispaniola
label: Geographical Areas
content: Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 14/7645
label: Barcode
content: 147645.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe head
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, carved, ground