Spear foreshaft with point

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Date created: AD 300–400 (Basketmaker II period)

Culture/People: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Possible Expedition: Hyde Exploring Expedition (1893-1894)
Expedition leader: Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910
Expedition sponsor: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933; Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (Frederick Erastus Hyde Jr.), Non-Indian, 1874-1944
Possible Expedition: Whitmore Exploring Expedition (1897)
Expedition sponsor: Charles E. Whitmore, Jr. (C.E. "Teddy" Whitmore), Non-Indian, 1870-ca. 1940; George Bowles, Non-Indian
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
Previous owner: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933
Seller: B. Talbot B. Hyde (Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde/B. T. Babbitt Hyde/B.T.B. Hyde), Non-Indian, 1872-1933

Collection History: Collected or excavated between 1893 and 1897 by members of the Hyde Exploring Expedition (1896 and 1899), led by Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and funded by New York City businessman and explorer Benjamin Talbot Babbitt Hyde (1872-1933) and his brother Frederick E. Hyde, Jr. (1874-1944) or by members of the Whitmore-Bowles Grand Gulch Expedition, led by Richard Wetherill (1858-1910) and funded by George Bowles and Charles E. Whitmore, Jr. (1870-ca. 1940); housed with Hyde expedition materials at the American Museum of Natural History (New York City); withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with the George Heye collection there; purchased by George Heye from B. Talbot B. Hyde in February 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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Place: Cave, Grand Gulch; San Juan County; Utah; USA

See related items: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture); Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
On View: NMAI, New York, NY: Infinity of Nations, Southwest

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 5/1495
Barcode: 051495.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Spear foreshaft with point
Media/Materials: Stone, wood, sinew
Techniques: Flaked/chipped, carved, wrapped
Dimensions: 12 x 3 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63408e6f0-c264-4ca7-aa87-9efff106ae90

Record ID: NMAI_55548