Bifacial tool/projectile point
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated by John Kennedy (Cattaraugus Seneca) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye in 1905 through anthropologist Dr. Arthur Caswell Parker (Ga-wa-so-wa-neh, Cattaraugus Seneca, 1881-1955).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1575–1700
- Catalog Number
- 2974
- Barcode
- 002974.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Iroquoian (archaeological) (attributed)
- Collector
- John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
- Previous owner
- John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
- Seller
- John Kennedy, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
- Seller agent
- Dr. Arthur C. Parker (Arthur Caswell Parker/Ga-wa-so-wa-neh), Seneca [Cattaraugus], 1881-1955
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Place
- 4 miles from Lake Erie; Cattaraugus Creek; Erie County, Chautauqua County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Iroquoian (archaeological)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_2700
