Bird quill
date: label: Date created
content: AD 900–1800 (Plains Village period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Plains Village Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Expedition
content: William S. Fulton Idaho Expedition (1937)
label: Expedition leader
content: Godfrey J. Olsen, Non-Indian, 1906-1964
label: Expedition sponsor
content: William Shirley Fulton (William S. Fulton), Non-Indian, 1880-1964
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1937 during MAI's William S. Fulton Idaho Expedition, led by independent archaeologist Godfrey J. Olsen (1906-1964) and sponsored by William Shirley Fulton (1880-1964, an archaeologist, founder of the Amerind Foundation in Dragoon, Arizona, and MAI trustee).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Melba Cave; Canyon County; Idaho; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Plains Village Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Materials: Raw
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 19/7564
label: Barcode
content: 197564.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Materials: Raw
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bird quill
label: Media/Materials
content: Bird quills
label: Techniques
content: Unmodified