Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated by Louis Ferris Washburne (1872-1956, of Ossining, New York); acquired by Dr. George Jackson Fisher (1825-1893, an obstetrician and collector in Ossining, New York) in 1886; acquired by the Union Free School, District One, Ossining, New York, in 1894; donated to MAI by the Union Free School in 1960.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Louis F. Washburne (Louis Ferris Washburne), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
- Previous owner
- Louis F. Washburne (Louis Ferris Washburne), Non-Indian, 1872-1956
- Dr. George Jackson Fisher (Dr. G. J. Fisher), Non-Indian, 1825-1893
- Union Free School, District One
- Donor
- Union Free School, District One
- Date created
- 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
- Object Name
- Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
- Media/Materials
- Slate
- Techniques
- Pecked, ground, drilled
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
