Native American, Midwestern to Eastern United States, Eastern Woodland, Archaic period, ca. 5000 to 3000 BCE. A gathering of 4 stone axe heads, all hand pecked and polished into hefty pounding or cutting tools with grooves encircling their face. Three of the heads only have a groove cut around three quarters of the faces and are therefore designated as 3/4 axe heads. The fourth axe is a full groove head, and as the name suggests, the groove encircles the whole circumference. These grooves facilitated hafting the stones onto a wooden pole or handle for greater leverage. The stone heads were useful as a hammers or axe blades. Size of largest: 6" L x 2.75" W (15.2 cm x 7 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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Surface abrasions and chips as expected with use and age. Old inventory number written on surface of one. Full groove axe has an old loss and cavity to butt end and great signs us heavy use on blade.