Adze blade
date: label: Date created
content: 6000 BC–AD 500 (Middle Archaic to Middle Woodland period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
label: Previous owner
content: Samuel Ward Loper, Non-Indian, 1834-1910
label: Previous owner
content: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
label: Donor
content: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Samuel Ward Loper (1834-1910, a museum curator and geologist); presented by him to the Long Island Historical Society in 1888; lent by the Long Island Historical Society to MAI in 1921; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
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place: label: Place
content: Durham; Middlesex County; Connecticut; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Woodworking tools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 10/7009
label: Barcode
content: 107009.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Woodworking tools
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Adze blade
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, grooved