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Object Number 28-3-10/97179
Display Title Dart foreshafts with stone points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Projectile points attached to wood shafts with sinew
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Grant County
Additional Geographic Terms Steamboat Canyon; Bear Creek, tributary to; Gila River Drainage
Materials Stone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm (6 1/8 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 97179
Provenance
Collector Cornelius Burton (Burt) Cosgrove Sr.
Collector Harriet S. Cosgrove
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition

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