Axe head

Museum number:
3-32206
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030032206
Alternate number:
C 50 [illegible, poss. B99?] (additional number) and TEMP 2018.220 (temporary number, EOC reconciliation)
Accession number:
Acc.3164
Description:
Ground stone axe head, tapered to an edge at the top. Deep groove about 2.5cm from bottom for attachment to a handle. Reddish basalt with high iron content.
Donor:
Scott H. Ryerson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
El Desemboque, Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Seri Indians at Desemboque, Sonora Mexico
Culture or time period:
Seri
Materials:
Basalt (basic igneous rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Axes (stone tools)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— width 8 centimeters, whole— height 10 centimeters, and whole— depth 3.5 centimeters
Comment:
C 50 [illegible, poss. B99?] Acc.3164" inked onto object
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Axe head, accession number 3-32206, described as Ground stone axe head, tapered to an edge at the top. Deep groove about 2.5cm from bottom for attachment to a handle. Reddish basalt with high iron content.

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