Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected between 1879 and 1890 by Ernest Shoemaker (1866-1958, who lived in Washington, DC, as a boy); donated to MAI by Ernest Shoemaker in 1934.
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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
- Collector
- Ernest Shoemaker, Non-Indian, 1866-1958
- Previous owner
- Ernest Shoemaker, Non-Indian, 1866-1958
- Donor
- Ernest Shoemaker, Non-Indian, 1866-1958
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Celt
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
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