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projectile point

human history
  • Other Name

    arrowhead

  • Description

    projectile point, quartzite

    The object is an asymmetrical projectile point, it has a slanted, slightly concave base with an expanding stem. Barbed shoulder and rounded shoulders edge and has a serrated blade. It has an elliptical cross section and there is retouching along the blade edge.

  • Place
    Virginia/United States of America
  • Accession Number
    1932.233
  • Accession Date
    1932
  • Other Id

    18054.2 (ethnology)

    724 (1885 Mackelvie Catalogue)

  • Department

    Archaeology

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  • projectile point, 1932.233, 18054.2, 724, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • projectile point, 1932.233, 18054.2, 724, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • projectile point, 1932.233, 18054.2, 724, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • projectile point, 1932.233, 18054.2, 724, Photographed by Andrew Hales, digital, 21 Feb 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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