Torch (Image withheld, pending review)

Date created
1000–200 BC (Early Woodland period)
Culture/People
possibly Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Possible excavator
Colonel Bennett H. Young, Non-Indian, 1843-1919
Previous owner
Colonel Bennett H. Young, Non-Indian, 1843-1919
Seller
Colonel Bennett H. Young, Non-Indian, 1843-1919
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of and possibly excavated by Colonel Bennett H. Young (1843-1919, Confederate cavalry officer, amateur archaeologist, and author of works on Kentucky archaeology); purchased by George Heye from Colonel Young in 1915.
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Place
Salts Cave; Hart County; Kentucky; USA
See related items
Early Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
Tools and Equipment (General)
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
4/7711
Barcode
047711.000
Object Type
Tools and Equipment (General)
Object Name
Torch (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Reed
Techniques
Charred
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68fdc5507-6e7a-42b5-9416-135eb5299835
Record ID
NMAI_51596