Axe blade/spud (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 1300-1500 (Middle to Late Mississippian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly South Appalachian Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Judge Claude Ulysses Stone (Claude U. Stone), Non-Indian, 1879-1957
label: Previous owner
content: Earl C. Townsend, Jr., Non-Indian, 1914-2007
label: Seller
content: Earl C. Townsend, Jr., Non-Indian, 1914-2007
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Judge Claude Ulysses Stone (1879-1957, an Indian artifact collector in Peoria, Illinois); subsequently in the collection of Earl C. Townsend, Jr. (an attorney and artifact collector in Indianapolis, Indiana); purchased by MAI from Earl Townsend in 1953.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Oconee County; South Carolina; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: South Appalachian Mississippian (archaeological culture)
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: 22/1682
label: Barcode
content: 221682.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Axe blade/spud (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled