Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (unfinished)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Erastus T. Tefft (1877-1935, a New York stockbroker and collector of Indian artifacts); acquired by George Heye through an exchange with Erastus Tefft in 1905.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
- Catalog Number
- 6071
- Barcode
- 006071.000
- Culture/People
- probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Erastus Theodore Tefft (E. T. Tefft), Non-Indian, 1877-1935
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (unfinished)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Place
- Wading River site; Wading River; Suffolk County; New York; USA
- Island Name
- Long Island
- Island Grouping
- Long Island
- See related items
- Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_5762
