Spearhead, Clovis Point
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Feb 1869
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Edward Storror
label: Donor Name
content: Army Medical Museum
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD FOR 9023 - 9025: "ONE SPEAR HEAD FLINT, ONE WHITE FLINT AND THE OTHER IRON. 9023, SPEAR HEAD FLINT, IS A CLOVIS POINT. IN 1869, IT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE SMITHSONIAN THROUGH A DONATION OF ETHNOLOGICAL ITEMS BY DR. EDWARD H. STORROR, CONTRACT SURGEON, UNITED STATES ARMY. STORROR WAS STATIONED AT FORT LAPWAI, IDAHO TERRITORY, FROM 23 NOVEMBER 1866 TO 26 JULY 1869. THE POST WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE RESERVATION, AND STORROR'S DUTIES PROVIDED HIM AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO ASSOCIATE WITH THE NEZ PERCE. UNFORTUNATELY, THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING STORROR'S ACQUISITION OF THIS SPECIMEN IS UNKNOWN."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Jun 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Idaho, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416140
label: USNM Number
content: E9023-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Point