Boatstone part/fragment (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 900-1500 (Early to Late Mississippian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably South Appalachian Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible seller
content: Anna Howland, Non-Indian
label: Possible seller
content: J. L. Messer, Non-Indian
label: Possible seller
content: Bill Scope, Non-Indian
label: Expedition
content: Mrs. Thea Heye North Carolina Expedition (1926)
label: Expedition leader
content: Charles O. Turbyfill (Charles Orr Turbyfill/C. O. Turbyfill), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased from Anna Howland, J.L. Messer, or Bill Scope (all of Otto, North Carolina) in 1926 during the Mrs. Thea Heye North Carolina Expedition. led by MAI staff member Charles O. Turbyfill (1888-1966) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Otto; Macon County; North Carolina; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: South Appalachian Mississippian (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: 15/1203
label: Barcode
content: 151203.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Boatstone part/fragment (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled