Ax, Grooved
- Object Name:
- Ax, Grooved
- Object ID:
- 1977.502.071
- Description:
- Ax head, grooved. Medium gray stone. Top view roughly rectangular in shape with back end broken off and diagonal. From side view, thickest in center, then tapers on one side in a long arc to cutting edge. Opposite side almost flat and perhaps a little concave across width. Also, tapers more gently to front cutting edge. Cutting edge slightly s-shaped with chip or small piece missing from one side and what appears to be just wear on opposite side. Front corners rounded. Width of cutting area about 2". Rounded groove around circumference near back edge. Groove approximately 0.8" wide. Groove most of its depth on 3 sides with 4th side being only slightly depressed. Depth of groove approximately 0.18". Entire back surface broken off. Break width: 2.6". Break surface intersects with groove at one edge. Stone has dark boundary line running through it on rounded base. Several other areas with an appearance of large inclusions in stone. Stone surface matte and quite weathered. Just a small bit of slightly shiny surface in bottom of groove on rounded side.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- W-2.99 L-5.6 D-1.8 inches Weight-30.45 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Axes
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