Bar amulet (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 600 BC-AD 500 (Early to Middle Woodland period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Probably Adena or Hopewell (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible excavator
content: Colonel Bennett H. Young, Non-Indian, 1843-1919
label: Previous owner
content: Colonel Bennett H. Young, Non-Indian, 1843-1919
label: Seller
content: Colonel Bennett H. Young, Non-Indian, 1843-1919
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of and possibly excavated by Colonel Bennett H. Young (1843-1919, Confederate cavalry officer, amateur archaeologist, and author of works on Kentucky archaeology); purchased by George Heye from Colonel Young in 1915.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Kentucky; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Adena (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: 4/7611
label: Barcode
content: 047611.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bar amulet (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Slate
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled