Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
- Expedition
- Mrs. Thea Heye Chile Expedition (1929-1930) (Mrs. Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)
- Expedition leader
- Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents in 1930 during the Thea Heye Chile Expedition, led by anthropologist Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) and sponsored by MAI and Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Northwestern Isla Chiloé; Chiloé Province; Los Lagos Region X; Chile
- Archipelago
- Chiloé Archipelago
- Island Name
- Isla Chiloé
- See related items
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 17/7391
- Barcode
- 177391.001
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped, flaked/chipped
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_189966