Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Beatrice L. Saville (1876-1923) and her husband Dr. Foster H. Saville (1874-1942, MAI staff member); donated to MAI by Foster Savile in 1924 in memory of Beatrice Saville.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Previous owner
- Beatrice L. Saville (Beatrice Lucinda Saunders/Mrs. Foster H. Saville), Non-Indian, 1876-1923
- Dr. Foster H. Saville (Foster Harmon Saville/FHS), Non-Indian, 1874-1942
- Donor
- Dr. Foster H. Saville (Foster Harmon Saville/FHS), Non-Indian, 1874-1942
- Honoree
- Beatrice L. Saville (Beatrice Lucinda Saunders/Mrs. Foster H. Saville), Non-Indian, 1876-1923
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Paint stone
- Media/Materials
- Hematite
- Techniques
- Unmodified
- Object Type
- Materials: Raw
