Birdstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Henry Booth, Non-Indian, 1849-1929
label: Previous owner
content: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), 1869-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Henry Booth (1849-1929, a mining engineer in Poughkeepsie, New York); donated by him in 1908 to the American Museum of Natural History; acquired by MAI in 1920 through an exchange with the American Museum of Natural History (New York, New York).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Pleasant Valley; Dutchess 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: 8/6231
label: Barcode
content: 086231.000
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