Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Beatrice L. Saville (1876-1923) and possibly collected with her husband Dr. Foster H. Saville (1874-1942, MAI staff member) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork; donated to MAI by Mrs. Saville in 1919.
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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
- Dr. Foster H. Saville (Foster Harmon Saville/FHS), Non-Indian, 1874-1942
- Previous owner
- Beatrice L. Saville (Beatrice Lucinda Saunders/Mrs. Foster H. Saville), Non-Indian, 1876-1923
- Donor
- Beatrice L. Saville (Beatrice Lucinda Saunders/Mrs. Foster H. Saville), Non-Indian, 1876-1923
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Quartz, quartzite
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
