Bifacial tool/projectile point
Object Details
- Culture/People
- possibly Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Lieutenant James H. Moffitt (James H. Moffatt), Non-Indian, 1865-1947
- Donor
- Lieutenant James H. Moffitt (James H. Moffatt), Non-Indian, 1865-1947
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Lieutenant James H. Moffitt (1865-1947, a police detective in Providence, Rhode Island); donated to MAI by James H. Moffitt in 1919.
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- Date created
- 1000 BC–AD 1600 (Early to Late Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 9/4427
- Barcode
- 094427.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Place
- East Greenwich; Kent County; Rhode Island; USA
- See related items
- Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_101824
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67aeca7cd-a1ac-4529-af78-f13726c07cad
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