Blade tool/Prismatic blade (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1000–1750 (Early to Late Fort Ancient period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Fort Ancient (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Clifford C. Anderson (C. C. Anderson), Non-Indian, 1869-1951
- Previous owner
- Clifford C. Anderson (C. C. Anderson), Non-Indian, 1869-1951
- Robert A. Kercher (Robert Alvin Kercher), Non-Indian, 1919-2009
- Dr. Edgar Burke, Non-Indian, 1889-1950
- Donor
- Alicita B. Lee (Mrs. Frederick S. Lee/Mrs. F. S. Lee), Non-Indian, 1903-1992
- Minnie M. Schwab (Mathilde "Tilita" Burke Bradbury Schwab/Mrs. Robert H. Schwab), Non-Indian, 1891-1970
- Collection History
- Surface collected by Clifford C. Anderson (1869-1951) at an unknown date; acquired from him by Robert A. Kercher (1919-2009, an amateur archaeologist and collector from the Cincinnati, Ohio, area) in 1933; purchased from Robert Kercher by Dr. Edgar Burke (1889-1950, a physician and hospital director in Jersey City, New Jersey) in 1950; lent to MAI by Dr. Burke in 1950; donated to MAI by Dr. Burke's sisters, Alicita Burke Lee (Mrs. Frederick S. Lee, 1903-1992) and Minnie Burke Schwab (Mrs. Robert H. Schwab, 1891-1970) in 1951.
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- Place
- Village site just east of Fort Ancient; Warren County; Ohio; USA
- See related items
- Fort Ancient (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 21/5529
- Barcode
- 215529.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Blade tool/Prismatic blade (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_230075