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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Arrowheads from Mount Holyoke campus
Type:Fishing/Trapping/Hunting; Armament
Materials:Stone; chert; quartz
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; South Hadley
Measurements:Overall: 6 in x 2 3/4 in; 15.2 cm x 7 cm
Accession Number:  MH 2000.573.26.INV
Credit Line:Source and date of acquisition unknown
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 affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Three arrowheads found on the grounds of Mount Holyoke College in 1909 and 1911. Some or all of these points were found by Nathaniel Bates.

Tags:
archaeology; Native American; indigenous people

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