Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by novelist and playwright Leonidas Westervelt (1875-1952) and William L. Calver (1894-1940, a New York City engineer and amateur archaeologist), probably in 1934; donated to MAI by Leonidas Westervelt and William Calver 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
- Leonidas Westervelt, Non-Indian, 1875-1952
- William L. Calver (William Louis Calver/W. L. Calver/William C. Calver), Non-Indian, 1894-1940
- Donor
- Leonidas Westervelt, Non-Indian, 1875-1952
- William L. Calver (William Louis Calver/W. L. Calver/William C. Calver), Non-Indian, 1894-1940
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Biface/Chopper
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
