Tremper Mound Fully Grooved Axe

ID: 603 ~ Source: Wertz Collection (#2001.005.1131), Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, Portsmouth, Ohio. Photo by Lacy Davis. ~ Creator: Lacy Davis
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A symmetrical fully grooved axe made from a mottled light brown granite, with a Tremper Mound provenance as recorded in the Hucksoll Catalog of the Charles V. Wertz Collection.

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