Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; said to have been in the collection of the Van Cortlandt family (of Croton-on-Hudson, New York) for several generations; inherited by Isabel Matthews Mason (Mrs. William Virginius Mason, 1879-1973) and her sister Catherine Van Cortlandt Matthews (1876-1954); acquired by MAI through an exchange with Isabel Matthews Mason and Catherine Van Cortlandt Matthews in 1942.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Early Woodland Traditions
- Previous owner
- Catherine Van Cortlandt Matthews, Non-Indian, 1876-1954
- Isabel Matthews Mason (Mrs. William Virginius Mason/Mrs. William V. Mason), Non-Indian, 1879-1973
- Date created
- 6000–200 BC (Middle Archaic to Early Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Celt
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
