Projectile point
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in 1914.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 4000–1000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
- Catalog Number
- 3/6381
- Barcode
- 036381.000
- Culture/People
- probably Old Copper culture (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Copper
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Place
- Towerhead; Minnesota; USA
- See related items
- Old Copper culture (archaeological culture)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_38871
- Usage
- CC0
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