Blade
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Maker unknown
Medium
Iron
Geography
Fort Albany, Ontario
Date
1678-1720
Period
17th-18th centuries
Dimensions
9.8 x 3.3 x 0.4 cm
Object number
970.391.2325
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Archaeology of the Americas
Description
This iron, denticulated, blade fragment was recovered from the Hudson's Bay Company's trading post at Fort Albany, Ontario.
The proximal end of the small tenon saw is unusual in that it has teeth cut along both edges of the blade. The blade is 3.4 cm high and has a rat-tail tang that is 4.3 cm long. The entire fragment is 9.8 cm long.
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