Snaketown triangular projectile point
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- Date created
- AD 750–1350 (Pueblo I to Pueblo III period)
- Culture/People
- probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Cibola (archaeological) (attributed)
- Seller
- Henry E. Hales, Non-Indian, 1830-1913
- Previous owner
- Henry E. Hales, Non-Indian, 1830-1913
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown, but probably collected before 1893; formerly in the collection of Henry E. Hales (1830-1913, a Bergen County, New Jersey collector); purchased by George Heye from Henry Hales in 1903.
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- Place
- Tularosa Canyon; Catron County; New Mexico; USA
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 710
- Barcode
- 000710.001
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Snaketown triangular projectile point
- Media/Materials
- Obsidian, stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped, flaked/chipped
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_428