Bifacial tool/projectile point
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William J. Mackay (1852-1919, vice president of the Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Co, Springfield, Massachusetts); donated to MAI by William J. Mackay in 1918.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 8000–1000 BC (Early to Late Archaic period)
- Catalog Number
- 8/8423
- Barcode
- 088423.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- William J. Mackay, Non-Indian, 1852-1919
- Donor
- William J. Mackay, Non-Indian, 1852-1919
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone, ramah chert
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Place
- Lake La Carte; Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean Region; Québec; Canada
- See related items
- Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Record ID
- NMAI_95583
