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18th Century Material Culture
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Axes
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Felling Axes, a Hewing Axe, and Wedges Recovered from Jamestown Settlement, Virginia
17th Century(Jamestown Settlement)
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American Felling Axec. 1776
(Fort Ticonderoga)
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American Felling AxeExcavated From the Jockey Hollow Site
(Morristown National Historic Park)
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British Felling AxeMarked with 4 Government Broad Arrows
Found Near Fort Haldimand(Don Troiani)
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British Felling Axe Found by a Recreational Diver Near Fort Erie
Marked “HAWKE” with a British Broad Arrow, with a Partial Haft c. 1750 - 1800(Skinner)
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Axe Head. Recovered from the Wreck of the Boscawen, which sank in Lake Champlain in the late 1760'sFrom: Grant, David Mitchell; "Tools from the French and Indian War Sloop Boscawen" Texas A and M University. 1996.
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Axe Head. & Helve. Recovered from the Wreck of the Boscawen, which sank in Lake Champlain in the late 1760'sFrom: Grant, David Mitchell; "Tools from the French and Indian War Sloop Boscawen" Texas A and M University. 1996.
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Axe Head
18th Century(Litchfield Historical Society)
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(Colonial Williamsburg - Fred Blystone Photograph)
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Felling AxeCarriages
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PLANCHE 10From: “Institutions militaires pour la cavalerie, et les dragons” by Francois de La Porterie 1754
(Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine)
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Bu! Leather Felling Axe Carriages & Axes
18th Century( Burg Forchtenstein)
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Bu! Leather Felling Axe Carriages & Axes
18th Century( Burg Forchtenstein)
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Spike Axes & Tomahawks
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Spike Axe or Tomahawk Heads
18th Century(Estate of Tom Wnuck)
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Spike Axe or Tomahawk18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck)
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Hewing Axes
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Hewing Axe
18th Century(Jim Bode Antique Tools)
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Hatchets
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French Hatchet Marked with Cross & Circle
Likely Late 17th Century(Estate of Tom Wnuck)
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“Carpenter’s Hatchets”Handled Example from the H.M.S. Boscawen Sunk in Lake Champlain near Fort Ticonderoga in the Late 1760s
(Bearing the British Broad Arrow)(Fort Ticonderoga)
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British Hatchets Marked with the Government Broad Arrow
c. 1760 - 1780(Estate of Tom Wnuck)
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Trade Axe / Hatchet Recovered from the Basswood River
18th Century(Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota)
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Trade Axe / Hatchet
18th Century(Grand Portage National Monument, Minnesota)
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Tomahawks
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Brass Pipe TomahawkExcavated Near Fort Haldimand
(Private Collection)
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Northeast Tomahawk - Pipe
c. 1750 - 1775(William Guthman - Alexander Gallery - Epic Fine Arts Co. / Masco Corp. - Splendid Heritage)
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Northeast Tomahawk - Pipe
c. 1750 - 1775(William Guthman - Alexander Gallery - Epic Fine Arts Co. / Masco Corp. - Splendid Heritage)
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Northeast Tomahawk - Pipec. 1780 - 1830
(The British Museum)
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Northeast Tomahawk - Pipec. 1780 - 1830
(The British Museum)
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Cherokee Pipe Tomahawkc. 1770 - 1780
(Peabody Essex Museum)
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Shawnee Tomahawk - Pipec. 1750 - 1795
(The British Museum)
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Eastern Woodlands Pipe Tomahawk
c. 1780 - 1830(McCord Museum)
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Eastern Woodlands Pipe Tomahawk Head
c. 1560 - 1630(McCord Museum)
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Captain Bull’s War Party, Recreated - Mike Zortman Photography
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TomahawkNortheast Region c. 1775 - 1800
(Alexander Gallery - Epic Fine Arts Co. / Masco Corp. - Splendid Heritage)
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Eastern Woodlands Tomahawk Head
c. 1560 - 1630(McCord Museum)
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Hammer Polled Tomahawks
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Hammer Polled Tomahawk & Head18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck)
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Hammer Poll Heads18th Century
(Estate of Tom Wnuck)
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