Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated by John Kennedy (Cattaraugus Seneca) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye in 1905 through anthropologist Dr. Arthur Caswell Parker (Ga-wa-so-wa-neh, Cattaraugus Seneca, 1881-1955).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Collector
- John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
- Previous owner
- John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
- Seller
- John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
- Seller agent
- Dr. Arthur C. Parker (Arthur Caswell Parker/Ga-wa-so-wa-neh), Seneca [Cattaraugus], 1881-1955
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1700 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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