Broadax

Broadax, Mount Lebanon, NY

Object ID:
1956.8176.1
Community:
New York, Mount Lebanon
Makers
Viele, Maurice E.
Description

Cast steel broad ax head. Egg-shaped eye has lugs top and bottom. Poll is flat and blade is beveled only on the outside. Fitted with an offset hickory handle (for use by a right-handed person) and wedged into the eye.

New York Mount Lebanon

New York Mount Lebanon

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Shaker Museum Broadax. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=19333. Accessed on November 29, 2024

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