Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated by archaeologist Warren K. Moorehead (1866-1939) in 1916 during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Warren K. Moorehead (Warren King Moorehead), Non-Indian, 1866-1939
- Date created
- 1000 BC–AD 1600 (Early to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Harpoon head part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved, notched
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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