Axe head fragment
date: label: Date created
content: 2500 BC-AD 1500
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid) and Ostionoid Traditions
label: Possible collector
content: Admiral Charles Dwight Sigsbee (C. D. Sigsbee), Non-Indian, 1845-1923
label: Previous owner
content: Admiral Charles Dwight Sigsbee (C. D. Sigsbee), Non-Indian, 1845-1923
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected by Admiral Charles Dwight Sigsbee (1845-1923), who assisted in the U.S. invasion of Santo Domingo in February 1905 and may have acquired the item then; probably acquired by George Heye in 1905.
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place: label: Place
content: Santo Domingo City; National District; Dominican Republic
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: 4419
label: Barcode
content: 004419.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe head fragment
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, grooved, ground