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Adze or Hatchet Head

Adze or Hatchet Head, no date

  • Haudenosaunee/Seneca, Native American

Polished stone

  • Overall: 2 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 5/8 inches (6.7 × 4.1 × 1.6 cm)

Gift of Edgar P. Richardson

48.258

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Edgar P. Richardson (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1948-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Haudenosaunee/Seneca, Native American, Adze or Hatchet Head, no date, polished stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Edgar P. Richardson, 48.258.

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