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This metal axe head has a somewhat confusing history. It was purchased from a museum in Wisconsin in 1956 and at that time was noted as coming from the Osage tourist trade. At some point prior to the purchase the axe head was covered with gilt paint. Later scholars argued for the axe to more likely be an example of a Missouri War Axe, a type of hand axe used for hand-to-hand fighting among tribes along the Missouri River. Which do you think it might be?
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 508820
Call Number: 56.32.1a 7 3/8" x 4 1/4" x 1 1/2"
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 508820
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Axe
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
Places - Rivers - Missouri
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