Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Grace Nicholson (1877-1948, a California basket collector and dealer); inherited by Grace Nicholson's assistant Thyra Maxwell (1903-1972); purchased by MAI from Thyra Maxwell in 1950 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Pomo
- Previous owner
- Grace Nicholson, Non-Indian, 1877-1948
- Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
- Seller
- Thyra Maxwell, Non-Indian, 1903-1972
- Presenter/funding source
- Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-
- Object Name
- Arrow point
- Media/Materials
- Obsidian
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
