Object Details
- Collection History
- Acquired by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives through Stephen M. Richmond (1920-2004, IACB field rep to the Cherokee) in 1964; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Eastern Band of Cherokee
- Artist/Maker
- Julius L. Wilnoty (Julius Lawrence Wilnoty/Julius Wilnota), Eastern Band of Cherokee, 1910-1970
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- Stephen M. Richmond, Non-Indian, 1920-2000
- Date created
- 1964
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Obsidian
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Dimensions
- 5.5 x 2.8 x 0.5 cm
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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