Bifacial tool/projectile point
date: label: Date created
content: 1500 BC-AD 500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Ichuña microlithic tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Colonel Federico Diez De Medina, Non-Indian, 1882-1962
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Colonel Federico Diez de Medina (1882-1962, a Bolivian Army officer and antiquities collector); acquired by MAI through an exchange with Colonel Diez de Medina in 1921.
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place: label: Place
content: Lago Titicaca (Lake Titicaca) region; La Paz Department; Bolivia (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Ichuña microlithic 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: 10/5871
label: Barcode
content: 105871.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bifacial tool/projectile point
label: Media/Materials
content: Chalcedony, quartz
label: Techniques
content: Flaked/chipped