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This axe head was collected from the Pawnee Indian Village site in Republic County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1927. It was made to be used as a wedge and axe. The butt end has been used as a hammer. The Pawnee Indian Village is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. A museum was built over one of the lodges that was excavated, leaving the exposed floor visible.
Date: 1770-1802
Item Number: 510300
Call Number: 14RP1 27.32.1 Haney donation 4.25" x 3 1/8"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 510300
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Materials - Woodworking
People - American Indians - Tribes - Pawnee - Republican Pawnee
Places - Counties - Republic
Places - Historic sites - Pawnee Indian Village Museum
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Late Ceramic, 1500 - 1820 CE
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