Awl/perforator (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 4000–1000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
- Culture/People
- probably Old Copper culture (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- William H. Ellsworth, Non-Indian, 1842-1917
- Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
- Seller
- Albert L. Addis, Non-Indian, 1878-1951
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William Ellsworth (1842-1917, a manufacturer and founding member of the Wisconsin Archeological Society); acquired from him at an unknown date by Albert L. Addis (1878-1951, a noted Indiana collector of archaeological objects); purchased by George Heye from Albert Addis in 1915.
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- Place
- Milwaukee; Milwaukee County; Wisconsin; USA
- See related items
- Old Copper culture (archaeological culture)
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 4/7056
- Barcode
- 047056.000
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
- Object Name
- Awl/perforator (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Copper
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_50844