Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (unfinished)

Date created
3000–1000 BC (Late Archaic period)
Culture/People
probably Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Previous owner
William Wallace Tooker (WWT), Non-Indian, 1848-1917
Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn Museum of Art)
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Wallace Tooker (1848-1917, a scholar of Long Island Native cultures and collector); purchased by the Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York) from William Wallace Tooker in 1901; acquired by MAI through an exchange with the Brooklyn Museum in 1962.
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Place
Montauk Point; Suffolk County; New York; USA
Island Name
Long Island
Island Grouping
Long Island
See related items
Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
23/1662
Barcode
231662.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Bannerstone (throwing stick/atlatl weight) (unfinished)
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Ground
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6f8eed9d2-9554-4d33-98c3-ab5c32b48351
Record ID
NMAI_246713