Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1900 by Edmund B. Delabarre (1863-1945, a Brown University psychology professor who led a scientific expedition to Labrador for Harvard University and Brown); purchased by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) from Edmund Delabarre, probably between 1920 and 1924; purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1924.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Dorset and Maritime Archaic Traditions
- Collector
- Edmund B. Delabarre (Edmund Burke Delabarre/E. B. Delabarre), Non-Indian, 1863-1945
- Previous owner
- Edmund B. Delabarre (Edmund Burke Delabarre/E. B. Delabarre), Non-Indian, 1863-1945
- Previous seller
- Edmund B. Delabarre (Edmund Burke Delabarre/E. B. Delabarre), Non-Indian, 1863-1945
- Previous owner
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Date created
- 3500 BC–AD 400
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Ramah chert
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
