Ax, Grooved
- Object Name:
- Ax, Grooved
- Object ID:
- 1977.502.072
- Description:
- Ax head, grooved. Mottled gray and white stone. Shape elongated, flattened ovoid. Tip of blade broken off and some pieces and chips missing. Broken stub ~1.4" wide including missing material from front and side. Stone thickness ~0.6" where solid material can be measured. Material missing from sides and front and back edges. Stone then tapers smoothly to pair of rounded ribs on either side of groove, ~1.6" wide. Behind groove, sides all taper smoothly to rounded rear end. Groove depth on both sides: 0.24"; same with one edge; other edge 0.19" deep. Near front, rib is 0.17" high; 0.13" on other side. At edges, rib is 0.22" high; 0.26" on opposite side. Stone has couple of white boundary layers in irregular lines. Near and in the elongated head at front, many small weathered pits on three sides. One of the white boundary layers extends to back edge of head. Slightly darkened area around back edge, with a couple of small weathered depressions, ~0.4" diameter.
- Material:
- Stone
- Dimensions:
- W-3.35 L-13.52 D-2.24 inches Weight-67.55 oz
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Axes
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