Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1937 during MAI's William S. Fulton Idaho Expedition, led by independent archaeologist Godfrey J. Olsen (1906-1964) and sponsored by William Shirley Fulton (1880-1964, an archaeologist, founder of the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon, Arizona, and MAI trustee).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Shoshone (archaeological) (attributed)
- Expedition
- William S. Fulton Idaho Expedition (1937)
- Expedition leader
- Godfrey J. Olsen, Non-Indian, 1906-1964
- Expedition sponsor
- William Shirley Fulton (William S. Fulton), Non-Indian, 1880-1964
- Date created
- probably AD 1450–1850
- Object Name
- Shaft straightener/smoother (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Grooved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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