Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 1600–1850
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Iñupiaq (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Breese Walcott Younger, Non-Indian, 1894-1965
label: Possible collector
content: Charles Doolittle Walcott, Non-Indian, 1850-1927
label: Possible collector
content: Mary Morris Vaux Walcott (Mrs. Charles Doolittle Walcott), Non-Indian, 1860-1940
label: Previous owner
content: Charles Doolittle Walcott, Non-Indian, 1850-1927
label: Previous owner
content: Mary Morris Vaux Walcott (Mrs. Charles Doolittle Walcott), Non-Indian, 1860-1940
label: Previous owner
content: Cole J. Younger (Cole Joseph Younger), Non-Indian, 1894-1987
label: Previous owner
content: Helen Pressprich Younger (Helen Elizabeth Pressprich/Mrs. Cole J. Younger), Non-Indian, 1905-1992
label: Donor
content: Cole J. Younger (Cole Joseph Younger), Non-Indian, 1894-1987
notes: label: Collection History
content: Probably collected by Charles D. Walcott (1850-1927, paleontologist and Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927) or his wife Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940, a painter, naturalist and member of the federal Board of Indian Commissioners from 1927 to 1932), both of whom travelled extensively; inherited by Charles D. Walcott's daughter, Helena Breese Walcott Younger (1894-1965); subsequently inherited by Helen Walcott's husband Cole J. Younger (1894-1987); donated to MAI by Cole Younger and his second wife, Helen Pressprich Younger (1905-1992), in 1973.
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq (archaeological)
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: 24/7750
label: Barcode
content: 247750.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped