Stone Hatchet With Handle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: This specimen is listed in the original catalog ledger as collected by the War Department with a locality of Missouri River valley. However, from the lashing for the blade it appears to be of Oceanic rather than North American origin. Specimens from the Wilkes U.S. Exploring Expedition and the National Institute were received at the same time as the War Department collection. This specimen may be from the Wilkes expedition or the National Institute and was assigned to the War Department, though no Peale number from the Wilkes collection has been identified for this artifact. Almost all materials from the War Department were arbitrarily listed as from the Missouri River valley.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Sep 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Polynesia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2625-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe