Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 7500 BC–AD 300 (Early to Late Plains Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Plains Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
label: Donor
content: Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
notes: label: Collection History
content: Formerly in the collection of Christian F. Schuster (1868-1957, a collector and amateur archaeologist in Holyoke, Massachusetts) and possibly collected by him when he lived with the Blackfeet in the 1920s; donated to MAI by Christian Schuster in 1953.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Marias River and Teton River junction; Chouteau County; Montana; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Plains 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: 22/2847
label: Barcode
content: 222847.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped