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An Indian hatchet made of chrystal

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

January 25, 1794

Primary Source Reference:

Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 25 Jan 1794

Additional Source Text:

"It is curious that those uninformed wild people, having very little knowledge of the arts, and being ignorant even of the existence of iron & Steel, should be able to form such hard substances into fanciful forms as this, and other Indian manufactures now in the Museum."