Description:

Native American, Woodland period, southern Illinois and western Kentucky, ca. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE. A finely curated group of three miniature stone axe heads, including two full-grooved examples and one 3/4 grooved form with three horizontal ridges at the bit, recovered from Pope County, Illinois, and Calloway and Graves Counties, Kentucky, exemplifying the refined craftsmanship and symbolic or utilitarian traditions of Woodland period toolmaking in the Eastern Woodlands. Size of largest (Pope County, Illinois): 3.2" L x 1" W x 2" H (8.1 cm x 2.5 cm x 5.1 cm)

Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection; found in Pope County, Illinois, USA and Calloway County and Graves County, Kentucky, USA

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