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War Axe

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Object Number:42-30-57
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Sioux
Provenience: United States of America
Culture Area: Great Plains Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Steel
Length: 82 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942
Other Number:216 - Collector Number

Description

Long, flattened oval wooden haft with three parallel, single-edged, steel blades, straight-edged and pointed, set at right angles near the end; each held in place with two metal nails.

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