Boatstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 200 BC–AD 400 (Middle Woodland period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Hopewell (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Robert Day, Non-Indian, 1836-1914
label: Previous seller
content: Sotheby's Auction House (Sotheby Parke-Bernet/Parke-Bernet)
label: Previous owner
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: Seller
content: William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
label: MAI agent
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; acquired at an unknown date by Robert Day (1836-1914, an Irish collector of antiquities); purchased by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1913 from an auction held by Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge (London, England); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1913.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Tennessee; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hopewell (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: 3/4817
label: Barcode
content: 034817.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Boatstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Pottery
label: Techniques
content: Modeled, grooved, drilled