Worked stone (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 8000-1000 BC (Early to Middle Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Gardner Mason Sherman (Gardner M. Sherman), Non-Indian, ca. 1850-1906
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Gardner Mason Sherman (ca. 1850-1906, a well-known collector in South Hadley, Massachusetts); acquired by George Heye from an unknown source in 1905.
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place: label: Place
content: Smith County; Tennessee; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Waste
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5298
label: Barcode
content: 005298.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Waste
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Worked stone (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled