Axe head
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BROAD/PENNSYLVANIA PATTERN
- DATE
- 1850
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0909.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Blas, M.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Bytown, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 34.5 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 5.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Lumbering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Blas
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Bytown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1800'S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF AN EARLY AXE MADE & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED, WITH A HANDLE, TO HEW OR CUT LOGS INTO SQUARED TIMBER - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON CURVED SIDE: `M BLAS/ BYTOWN/ SWASHBURN[?]'
- Missing
- handle
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Blas, M., Axe head, circa 1850, Artifact no. 1988.0909, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0909.001/
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