Birdstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000-1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Harry L. Johnson (Henry Lewis Johnson/H. L. Johnson), Non-Indian, 1859-1940
label: Auction venue
content: C.F. Libbie & Co. Book and Art Auctioneers (C.F. Libbie and Company)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Harry L. Johnson (1859-1940, a collector and surveyor employed by archaeologist Warren K. Moorehead); purchased by MAI in 1916 from C. F. Libbie Book and Art Auctioneers (Boston, Massachusetts).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Near Carthage; Cumberland River; Carthage; Smith County; Tennessee; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Late Archaic Tradition (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: 4/9259
label: Barcode
content: 049259.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Birdstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Mica, schist
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled