Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated by David Sands Titus III (1881-1949, an amateur archaeologist and artifact collector) in 1934; 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 Archaic 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
- 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
- Object Name
- Awl/perforator
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, bird bone/bones
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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