1966.26.1

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Details

ID Number

1966.26.1

Category

Unclassifiable Artifacts

Sub-category

Multiple Use Artifacts

Item Type

stone

Item Name

adze

Materials

STONE; UNKNOWN

Measurements

overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 in

Description

celt or adze; trianguloid celt; biconvex; igneous rock, shaped by pecking and sharpened by grinding; Bonham; archaeology;

History

A celt or adze from the Bonham Collection. Bonham notes that item was given to him by Bill Shaw whose father-in-law W.J. Mitton found on his farm, 1908-1920. The farm was located on Lot 8, 1st Concession, Camden Township, Kent County.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Archaeology subject

Indians / Indiens subject

Natives subject

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