Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Thomas W. Hamilton (1871-1955, a merchant, farmer, and road builder in Berlin, Wisconsin); purchased by MAI from Thomas W. Hamilton in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Paleoindian Tradition: Clovis (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Thomas W. Hamilton (T. W. Hamilton), Non-Indian, 1871-1955
- Seller
- Thomas W. Hamilton (T. W. Hamilton), Non-Indian, 1871-1955
- Presenter/funding source
- Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
- Date created
- 10,000–8000 BC (Paleoindian period)
- Object Name
- Gainey-Bull Brook point
- Media/Materials
- Knife River chert
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
