Awl/perforator (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1350-1550 (Late Mississippian period)
- Culture/People
- probably Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
- Seller
- Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (1877-1952, a noted collector of books and Indian arts and founder of Northwest Airlines); purchased by George Heye from L.H. Brittin in 1906.
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- Place
- Williams Island, Tennessee River; Hamilton County; Tennessee; USA
- Island Name
- Williams Island
- Island Grouping
- Tennessee River Islands
- See related items
- Central/Middle Mississippian (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 8726
- Barcode
- 008726.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Awl/perforator (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_8942