Gun flint (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- probably AD 1650–1700
- Culture/People
- possibly Cayuga (archaeological) (attributed)
- Excavator
- William F. Stiles (WFS), Non-Indian, 1912-1980
- David Sands Titus, III (D. S. Titus), Non-Indian, 1881-1949
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1938 by William F. Stiles (1912-1980, MAI curator) and David Sands Titus III (1881-1949, an amateur archaeologist and artifact collector) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Place
- Stiles/Titus Burial 5; Young Farm site (Great Gully site), Great Gully; Ledyard Township; Cayuga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Cayuga (archaeological)
- Firearms and accessories
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 19/9797
- Barcode
- 199797.000
- Object Type
- Firearms and accessories
- Object Name
- Gun flint (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_213472