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Bifacial tool/projectile point

Object Details

Collection History
Collected by members of the Haskins family (Gay Head Wampanoag) and Mrs. Cooper (Gay Head Wampanoag); acquired in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
possibly Late Archaic or Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector
Family of Haskins (Hoskins Family), Gay Head Wampanoag
Mrs. Cooper, Gay Head Wampanoag
MAI agent
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Date created
3000–200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
Object Name
Bifacial tool/projectile point
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Flaked/chipped
Object Type
Tools and Equipment (General)
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