Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 5000 BC–AD 1500 (Middle Archaic to Mogollon Pueblo period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Desert Archaic, Mogollon, and Mogollon: Mimbres Traditions
label: Possible collector
content: Edwin Delos Osborn (E.D. Osborne), Non-Indian, 1859-1941
label: Previous owner
content: Edwin Delos Osborn (E.D. Osborne), Non-Indian, 1859-1941
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
label: Seller
content: Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (J. Walter Fewkes), Non-Indian, 1850-1930
notes: label: Collection History
content: Possibly collected or excavated by Edwin Delos Osborn (1859-1941, a Deming, New Mexico, rancher); purchased by Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850-1930, an anthropologist with the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology) from Edwin Osborn in early 1915; purchased by George Heye from Dr. Fewkes in 1915.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Mimbres Valley; Grant County, Luna County; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
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: 4/1961
label: Barcode
content: 041961.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped