Celt
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated in 1926 by Charles O. Turbyfill (1888-1966, MAI staff member) and Frederick Preston Orchard (1891-1977, son of MAI staff member William C. Orchard) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 3000–200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 14/7860
- Barcode
- 147860.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Archaic or Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Charles O. Turbyfill (Charles Orr Turbyfill/C. O. Turbyfill), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
- Frederick Preston Orchard (F. P. Orchard), Non-Indian, 1891-1977
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
- Object Name
- Celt
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Place
- New York City, Manhattan, Inwood; New York County; New York; USA
- Island Name
- Manhattan Island
- See related items
- Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Woodworking tools
- Record ID
- NMAI_158859
