Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward Kurtz (of Berlin and Ocean City, Maryland); purchased by MAI from Edward Kurtz in 1925.
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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
- Edward Kurtz, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Edward Kurtz, Non-Indian
- Date created
- 3000–200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Birdstone part/fragment (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled, incised
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
