Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 6000–1000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Major Edward Johnson Abbott (E. J. Abbott), Non-Indian, 1870-1948
label: Auction venue
content: The Walpole Galleries
label: Presenter/funding source
content: Harmon W. Hendricks (Harmon Washington Hendricks), Non-Indian, 1846-1928
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Major Edward Johnson Abbott (1870-1948), a physician and commander of a post hospital at Fort Wood on Bedloe's Island/Liberty Island in New York Harbor; purchased by MAI at an auction of Major Abbott's collection held by the Walpole Galleries (New York City) in 1925 using funds donated by MAI trustee Harmon W. Hendricks (1846-1928).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: King William County; Virginia; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: 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: 13/7151
label: Barcode
content: 137151.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Quartzite
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped