Description:

Native American, Eastern to Midwestern United States, Eastern Woodland period, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A beautiful example of a handheld hoe blade of an ovoid form, hand-knapped from yellow-white chert. The peripheries of the tool are carefully knapped to form sharpened edges, and the entire tool has developed a pleasing luster. Hoes like this tool were used for moving large swaths of earth for agricultural or irrigation needs, and the hefty form suggests it was perhaps bound to the end of a wooden pole at one time. Size: 8.3" L x 3.25" W (21.1 cm x 8.3 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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  • Condition: Minor chips and abrasions commensurate with age and use, with light encrustations within some recessed areas, and light staining to scattered areas, otherwise intact and very good. Old label adhesive residue on convex face.

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