point;
projectile
- Museum number
- Am1986,18.23.c
- Description
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Projectile point of ground dark red slate, with flat butt.
- Production date
- 1770-1830 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.10 centimetres (c)
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Width: 1.70 centimetres (c)
- Curator's comments
- A recent Truro label reads: 'Slate arrow heads from the North west Coast of America. Presented by Mrs Taylor about 1830'. This collection was listed c 1986. Item 120 is a series of mixed lithic materials. These have been divided into three: 23a-d is Northwest Coast, 24a-g is now from Arizona, and 25a-x from Virginia. (JCK, 22/6/1997).
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good. Remains of glue at the points where they would have been attached to a board.
- Acquisition date
- 1986
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1986,18.23.c
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 120 (Truro number)
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Miscellaneous number: 1986 Am 18.120a-d
