Groundstone celt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1889
name: label: Collector
content: Capt Joseph G. Bruff
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Joseph G. Bruff
notes: label: Notes
content: Old label glued onto celt, presumably by J. G. Bruff, identifies it as"From the dredgings of Tiber Creek, 1870. Presented by Mr. Jas. Calvert." See also A141198.
label: Notes
content: Tiber Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. It was a free-flowing creek until 1815, when it was channeled to become part of the Washington City Canal. Presently, it flows under the city in tunnels, including under Constitution Avenue NW. Using the original Tiber Creek for commercial purposes was part of Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's 1791 "Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of the United States . . ." By 1815 the western portion of the creek became part of the Washington City Canal, running along what is now Constitution Avenue. When Alexander "Boss" Shepherd joined the D.C. Board of Public Works in 1871, he and the Board engaged in a massive series of infrastructure improvements. One of these projects enclosed Tiber Creek and the Washington City Canal. - Wikipedia contributors, "Tiber Creek," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiber_Creek&oldid=999454116 (accessed September 19, 2021).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Sep 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: District Of Columbia, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 022308
label: USNM Number
content: A141197-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Celt