Celt
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents in 1913 by Reverend Thomas Huckerby (1869-1927, a Wesleyan minister and amateur archaeologist working in the Caribbean) during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 2000 BC-AD 1000
- Catalog Number
- 3/4405
- Barcode
- 034405.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed); including Archaic Age (Ortoiroid), Saladoid, and Mamoran Troumassoid Traditions
- Collector
- Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
- MAI agent
- Reverend Thomas Huckerby, Non-Indian, 1869-1927
- Object Type
- Woodworking tools
- Object Name
- Celt
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Place
- Saint Kitts; Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Archipelago
- Lesser Antilles
- Island Name
- Saint Kitts
- Island Grouping
- Leeward Islands
- Geographical Areas
- Caribbean Islands (West Indies)
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Woodworking tools
- Record ID
- NMAI_36751
- Usage
- CC0
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