Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 3500 BC–AD 400
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Dorset and Maritime Archaic Traditions
label: Collector
content: Edmund B. Delabarre (Edmund Burke Delabarre/E. B. Delabarre), Non-Indian, 1863-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Edmund B. Delabarre (Edmund Burke Delabarre/E. B. Delabarre), Non-Indian, 1863-1945
label: Previous seller
content: Edmund B. Delabarre (Edmund Burke Delabarre/E. B. Delabarre), Non-Indian, 1863-1945
label: Previous owner
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
label: Seller
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1900 by Edmund B. Delabarre (1863-1945, a Brown University psychology professor who led a scientific expedition to Labrador for Harvard University and Brown); purchased by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950) from Edmund Delabarre, probably between 1920 and 1924; purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1924.
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place: label: Place
content: Near Cape Chidley; Nachvak Bay, Cape Chidley; Labrador; Newfoundland and Labrador; Canada
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: 12/7496
label: Barcode
content: 127496.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Ramah chert
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped