Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 11,500-10,000 BC (Early to Middle Paleoindian period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Paleoindian Tradition: Clovis (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: George A. Flournoy (George Alexander Flournoy), Non-Indian, 1868-1928
label: Previous owner
content: Anita Patterson Flournoy (Mrs. George A. Flournoy), Non-Indian, 1878-1952
label: Previous owner
content: Carnegie Public Library, 1904-1964
label: Seller
content: Carnegie Public Library, 1904-1964
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Marion Eppley Memorial Fund
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of George A. Flournoy (1868-1928, a collector in Paducah, Kentucky); inherited by his widow, Anita Patterson Flournoy (1878-1952); donated to the Carnegie Public Library in Paducah, Kentucky, by Mrs. Flournoy in 1947; purchased by MAI from the Carnegie Public Library in 1962 using funds from the Marion Eppley Memorial Fund.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Reelfoot Lake area; Fulton County; Kentucky; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Paleoindian Tradition: Clovis (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: 23/1018
label: Barcode
content: 231018.000
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