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This celt was collected from Johnson County and donated to the Kansas Historical Society. This woodworking tool would have been made by grinding or pecking it into a general shape, followed by polishing. It would have been hafted onto a handle and required periodic resharpening.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 505037
Call Number: 14JO
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 505037
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Celt
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Johnson
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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