Spear foreshaft with point (Image withheld, pending review)

Culture/People: probably Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector: Richard Wetherill, Non-Indian, 1858-1910
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
Presenter/funding source: Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935

Collection History: Collected by Richard Wetherill (1858-1910), possibly in 1893; acquired by B. Talbot B. Hyde (1872-1933) and placed in the collections of the American Museum of Natural History (New York City); withdrawn from the AMNH collection by B. Talbot B. Hyde in August 1909 and lent to the University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in conjunction with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, Canyon de Chelly area; Navajo Reservation; Apache County; Arizona; USA

See related items: Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi): Basketmaker Tradition (archaeological culture); Hunting/Fishing/Warfare