Full grooved Ax, large
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1889
label: Collection Date
content: 1872
name: label: Collector
content: Col. Charles G. Alexander
label: Collector
content: Capt Joseph G. Bruff
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph G. Bruff
notes: label: Notes
content: This ax appears to be made out of a greenstone cobble. A faint groove is visable above the large large groove on one side. A lage chip on one side between groove and poll.
label: Notes
content: An old label is glued on, presumably written by collector Joseph Bruff, and containing his speculations on source/function of the artifact: "Battle-Axe; found in 1872, on a spot near Passpatansy Creek, King George Co: Virg: which used to be a favorite resort of King Powhatan and his warriors. Its size and form suggests the probability that it was so fashion'd in imitation of the English Bill, or Pole-Axe, then in use, about 1600: and was, unquestionably, so mounted on a long pole. Presented by my friend, Col. Chas. G. Alexander, who resides in the vicinity: Aug. 1873. Is of a fine sandstone."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Aug 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: King George County, Virginia, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 022308
label: USNM Number
content: A145909-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Axe
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 13 cm
label: Weight - Object
content: 1715 g