Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 800 BC–AD 1850 (Late Holocene period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Southern California: Middle Period and Chumash (archaeological)
- Excavator
- Francisco Leyva, Jr. (Chico Leyva/Frank Leyva), Non-Indian, 1852-1913
- Previous owner
- Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (Louis Goethe Dreyfus), Non-Indian, 1862-1939
- Seller
- Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (Louis Goethe Dreyfus), Non-Indian, 1862-1939
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Collection History
- Excavated in 1908 by Francisco "Chico" Leyva Jr. (1852-1913), hired as excavator by Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr. (1862-1939, a Santa Barbara, California, real estate agent and investor); subsequently in the collection of Louis G. Dreyfus, Sr.; purchased by MAI from Louis Dreyfus in 1917 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Place
- Dibblee Hill (Dibblee Point); Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara County; California; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6/3637
- Barcode
- 063637.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Bifacial tool/projectile point (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Obsidian
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_68617