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Celt (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of Glen McGirr (1884-1978, of Maquon, Illinois) and probably excavated by him in the 1930s; subsequently in the collection of his sister-in-law, Gene B. Whiting (1896-1990), and her husband Percy Hollister Whiting (1880-1967); donated to MAI by Mr. and Mrs. Percy Whiting in 1960.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1300–1450 (Middle to Late Mississippian period)
- Catalog Number
- 23/454
- Barcode
- 230454.000
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible excavator
- Glen McGirr, Non-Indian, 1884-1978
- Previous owner
- Glen McGirr, Non-Indian, 1884-1978
- Gene B. Whiting (Genevieve Bearmore Whiting/Mrs. Percy H. Whiting), Non-Indian, 1896-1990
- Percy Hollister Whiting (P. H. Whiting), Non-Indian, 1880-1967
- Donor
- Percy Hollister Whiting (P. H. Whiting), Non-Indian, 1880-1967
- Gene B. Whiting (Genevieve Bearmore Whiting/Mrs. Percy H. Whiting), Non-Indian, 1896-1990
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
- Object Name
- Celt (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Dimensions
- 20 x 7 x 4 cm
- Place
- Crable Site; Fulton County; Illinois; USA
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Woodworking tools
- Record ID
- NMAI_245578
- Usage
- CC0
