Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Dr. Joseph Hill Hunt (1848-1911, a physician in Brooklyn, New York); purchased by George Heye in 1914, possibly from Dr. Hunt's widow, Emily Benners Hunt (1859-1929).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Dr. Joseph Hill Hunt (Joseph H. Hunt), Non-Indian, 1848-1911
- Possible seller
- Emily Benners Hunt (Mrs. Joseph H. Hunt), Non-Indian, 1859-1929
- Date created
- 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
- Object Name
- Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (unfinished)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
