Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of J. Carson Brevoort (1818-1887, a collector of rare books and coins and president of the Long Island Historical Society); presented by him to the Long Island Historical Society in 1864; lent to MAI by the Long Island Historical Society in 1921; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Archaic or Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- J. Carson Brevoort (James Carson Brevoort), Non-Indian, 1818-1887
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Donor
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Date created
- 3000–200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point and drill
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
