Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated by David Sands Titus III (1881-1949, an amateur archaeologist and artifact collector) in the 1930s; inherited by his sister Lillian Titus Allen (1884-1986); purchased by MAI from Lillian Titus Allen in 1949.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- David Sands Titus, III (D. S. Titus), Non-Indian, 1881-1949
- Previous owner
- David Sands Titus, III (D. S. Titus), Non-Indian, 1881-1949
- Lillian Titus Allen (Lillian Olds Titus/Mrs. F. G. Allen), Non-Indian, 1884-1986
- Seller
- Lillian Titus Allen (Lillian Olds Titus/Mrs. F. G. Allen), Non-Indian, 1884-1986
- Date created
- AD 1000–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Harpoon head
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, deer antler
- Techniques
- Carved, notched
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
