Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 6000–1000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: New Bedford Whaling Museum (Old Dartmouth Historical Society)
label: Donor
content: New Bedford Whaling Museum (Old Dartmouth Historical Society)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum (Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, Massachusetts); donated to MAI by the New Bedford Whaling Museum in 1966.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Pike County; Illinois; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/8889
label: Barcode
content: 238889.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Chert
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped