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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Bifaces; Projectile points; Arrowheads
Type:Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Materials:Chert and quartz
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; Duxbury
Accession Number:  MH SK K.132
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
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Description:
Five arrow points: 4 black, 1 crystal (white quartz?). Handwritte note: Black chipped Indian stones of Northeast are petrosilex (sp?); pokyrite (sp?) (lava); white crystals are feldspar. Source is Marble Head Quarry. Any black quartz is basanite (sp?) touchstone or lydianstone (ite?). "No flint in America" per George B. Frazar.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; indigenous people; Native American

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