Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 5500–2000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Mesoamerican Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Excavator
content: Zelia Nuttall (Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall), Non-Indian, 1857-1933
label: Previous owner
content: Zelia Nuttall (Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall), Non-Indian, 1857-1933
label: Seller
content: Zelia Nuttall (Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall), Non-Indian, 1857-1933
label: MAI agent
content: George Hubbard Pepper (GHP), Non-Indian, 1873-1924
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or excavated at an unknown date by anthropologist and archaeologist Zelia Nuttall (1857-1933); purchased by George Hubbard Pepper (1873-1924, MAI staff member) from Zelia Nuttall in 1906 during a collecting trip sponsored by George Heye.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Valley of Mexico; Mexico
label: Geographical Areas
content: Valley of Mexico
setName: label: See related items
content: Mesoamerican Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
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: 1/1271
label: Barcode
content: 011271.001
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Obsidian
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped