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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Biface; Projectile point; Arrowhead
Type:Fishing/Trapping/Hunting; Armament
Materials:Stone
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; Concord
Measurements:Overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 4.4 cm x 2.9 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.193.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

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 affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

If you want to connect with us and/or have information about this belonging, please contact artmuseum@mtholyoke.edu.

Description:
Pre-Skinner catalogue card reads: "Arrowheads. Triangular, or war points of various patterns and materials. These are not hunting arrows."

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people; Native American

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