Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired before 1905 by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") from G.F. Laurence, Dr. Wilbert Bartlett Hinsdale (1851-1944, a Michigan artifact collector) or the J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms (London, England); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1913.
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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
- Possible owner
- G. F. Laurence, Non-Indian
- J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms, 1834-ca. 1940
- Dr. Wilbert Bartlett Hinsdale (Dr. W. B. Hinsdale), Non-Indian, 1851-1944
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 900 (Late Archaic to Middle Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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