Birdstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Linus Logan, Seneca [Cattaraugus]
label: Collector
content: Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
label: Seller
content: Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased from Linus Logan (Cattaraugus Seneca) in 1907 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member); purchased by George Heye, presumably from Harrington's firm, Covert & Harrington, Commercial Ethnologists (New York City), in 1907.
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place: label: Place
content: Cattaraugus Reservation; Erie County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County; New York; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 1/4639
label: Barcode
content: 014639.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Birdstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled