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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Bifaces; Projectile points
Type:Fishing/Trapping/Hunting; Armament
Materials:Quartz
Place Made:North America; United States; Georgia
Measurements:Overall: 3/8 in x 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 1 cm x 1.9 cm x 5.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH 3.F
Credit Line:Gift of Mary Gage Peterson (Class of 1865)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of the descendants of those who made it or affiliated Tribal officials.

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Description:
Pinkish/tan arrowhead carved from quartz - one end rounded, the other pointed.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people; Native American

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