Spear foreshaft (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 300 BC–AD 400 (Basketmaker II period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible Expedition
content: Hyde Exploring Expedition (1896-1899)
label: Expedition leader
content: Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910
label: Expedition sponsor
content: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944
label: Possible Expedition
content: Whitmore Exploring Expedition (1897)
label: Expedition sponsor
content: Charles E. Whitmore, Jr. (C.E. "Teddy" Whitmore), Non-Indian, 1870-ca. 1940
label: Expedition sponsor
content: George Bowles, Non-Indian
label: Previous owner
content: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
label: Seller
content: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
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; collected or excavated between 1893 and 1897 by members of the Hyde Exploring Expedition (1896 and 1899), led by Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and funded by New York City businessman and explorer Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944) or by members of the Whitmore-Bowles Grand Gulch Expedition, led by Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and funded by George Bowles and Charles E. Whitmore, Jr. (1870-ca. 1940); housed with Hyde expedition materials at the American Museum of Natural History (New York City); withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Grand Gulch; San Juan County; Utah; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker 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: 5/1433
label: Barcode
content: 051433.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spear foreshaft (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Notched