Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of amateur archaeologist and Indian artifact dealer Norman Ross Hendershott (1895-1985, of London, Ontario); purchased by MAI from Norman R. Hendershott in 1917.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Norman Ross Hendershott (N. R. Hendershott), Non-Indian, 1895-1985
- Seller
- Norman Ross Hendershott (N. R. Hendershott), Non-Indian, 1895-1985
- Date created
- 4000–1500 BC (Middle Archaic to Late Archaic period)
- Object Name
- Spear point
- Media/Materials
- Copper
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
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