Bifacial tool/projectile point and drill
- Date created
- 3000–200 BC (Late Archaic to Early Woodland period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Archaic or Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Maynard Allen Cramer, Non-Indian, 1892-1958
- Previous owner
- Maynard Allen Cramer, Non-Indian, 1892-1958
- Wellington M. Cramer, Sr., Non-Indian, 1870-1955
- Ida Dallas Cramer (Mrs. Wellington M. Cramer, Sr.), Non-Indian, 1866-1960
- Wellington M. Cramer, Jr., Non-Indian, 1895-1969
- Marjorie E. Cramer (Mrs. Wellington M. Cramer Jr.), Non-Indian, 1910-1985
- Donor
- Marjorie E. Cramer (Mrs. Wellington M. Cramer Jr.), Non-Indian, 1910-1985
- Collection History
- Excavated by Maynard Allen Cramer (1892-1958, a forester and amateur archaeologist) between 1920 and 1940; maintained in the collection of his parents Wellington M. Cramer, Sr. (1870-1955) and Ida Dallas Cramer (1866-1960); inherited by Maynard Cramer’s brother Wellington M. Cramer, Jr. (1895-1969) and his wife Marjorie E. Cramer (1910-1985); lent to MAI by Marjorie Cramer in 1973; donated to MAI by Marjorie Cramer in 1976.
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Place
- Near Memphis; Seneca River; Jacks Reef; Onondaga County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Late Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 23/3689
- Barcode
- 233689.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point and drill
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped, flaked/chipped
- Record ID
- NMAI_249044