Bar amulet (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000–200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Late Archaic or Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Charles O. Turbyfill (Charles Orr Turbyfill/C. O. Turbyfill), Non-Indian, 1888-1966
label: Collector
content: Frederick Preston Orchard (F. P. Orchard), Non-Indian, 1891-1977
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or excavated in 1926 by Charles O. Turbyfill (1888-1966, MAI staff member) and Frederick Preston Orchard (1891-1977, son of MAI staff member William C. Orchard) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: New York City, Manhattan, Inwood; New York County; New York; USA
label: Island Name
content: Manhattan Island
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: 14/7856
label: Barcode
content: 147856.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bar amulet (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Pecked, ground, drilled