Bifacial tool/projectile point and drill (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 5000 BC–AD 1400 (Bajada phase to Pueblo III period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Oshara Archaic, Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker, and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Rio Grande Traditions
label: Previous owner
content: Samuel Eldodt, Non-Indian, 1848-1925
label: Previous owner
content: Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966
label: Seller
content: Fred Harvey Company (Fred Harvey Indian Department), 1876-1966
label: Seller agent
content: Herman Schweizer, Non-Indian, 1871-1943
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Samuel Eldodt (1848-1925, an Indian trader and artifact collector in New Mexico from the late 1860s onward); acquired by the Fred Harvey Company (Indian arts dealers in the Southwest) from Samuel Eldodt or his family at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from the Fred Harvey Company in 1927.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Taos; Taos 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: 15/3911
label: Barcode
content: 153911.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point and drill (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone, obsidian
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped