Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Ernest Shoemaker, Non-Indian, 1866-1958
label: Previous owner
content: Ernest Shoemaker, Non-Indian, 1866-1958
label: Donor
content: Ernest Shoemaker, Non-Indian, 1866-1958
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected between 1879 and 1890 by Ernest Shoemaker (1866-1958, who lived in Washington, DC, as a boy); donated to MAI by Ernest Shoemaker in 1935.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: .5 miles below Little Falls; Little Falls, Potomac River; Washington, DC; District of Columbia; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Late 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: 18/8991
label: Barcode
content: 188991.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Quartz
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped