Birdstone part/fragment (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: William Wallace Tooker (WWT), Non-Indian, 1848-1917
label: Previous owner
content: Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn Museum of Art)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Wallace Tooker (1848-1917, a scholar of Long Island Native cultures and collector); purchased by the Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York) from William Wallace Tooker in 1901; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Brooklyn Museum in 1962.
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place: label: Place
content: Sag Harbor; Suffolk County; New York; USA
label: Island Name
content: Long Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Long Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Late Archaic Tradition (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: 23/1657
label: Barcode
content: 231657.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Birdstone part/fragment (throwing stick/atlatl weight)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, drilled