Bifacial tool/projectile point fragment
date: label: Date created
content: 1000 BC–AD 900 (Late Plains Archaic to Late Plains Woodland period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Plains Archaic and Plains Woodland Traditions
label: Collector
content: Arthur Whitcomb Buell, Non-Indian, 1879-1970
label: Previous owner
content: Arthur Whitcomb Buell, Non-Indian, 1879-1970
label: Previous owner
content: Elizabeth Buell Kennedy (Betty Kennedy/Mrs. Sheldon W. Kennedy), Non-Indian, 1919-1998
label: Donor
content: Elizabeth Buell Kennedy (Betty Kennedy/Mrs. Sheldon W. Kennedy), Non-Indian, 1919-1998
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1925 and 1937 by Arthur W. Buell (1879-1970, a mining engineer who worked in Ecuador and the western United States); inherited by his daughter Elizabeth “Betty” Buell Kennedy (Mrs. Sheldon W. Kennedy, 1919-1998); donated to NMAI by Elizabeth Buell Kennedy in 1991 in memory of Arthur Whitcomb Buell.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Salt Creek Oil Field north of Casper or Independence Rock near Sweetwater River; Natrona County; Wyoming; USA
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: 25/3581
label: Barcode
content: 253581.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point fragment
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone, obsidian
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped
label: Dimensions
content: 7.2 x 3.3 x 0.9 cm