Digging stick part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 500 BC–AD 1300 (Basketmaker II to Pueblo III period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker and Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Northern San Juan Traditions
label: Previous owner
content: Jeannette Ritter (Amanda Jeanette Teeter/Mrs. Benjamin W. Ritter), Non-Indian, 1857-1920
label: Seller
content: Jeannette Ritter (Amanda Jeanette Teeter/Mrs. Benjamin W. Ritter), Non-Indian, 1857-1920
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Jeannette Ritter (Mrs. Benjamin W. Ritter, 1857-1920), whose husband worked to create Mesa Verde National Park; purchased by MAI from Jeanette Ritter in 1916.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Cave, Mesa Verde, Mesa Verde National Park; Montezuma County; Colorado; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 5/8407
label: Barcode
content: 058407.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Digging stick part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood
label: Techniques
content: Carved