projectile point

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Introduction

Notched, serrated, contracting stem slate projectile point. Normal School Collection

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Materials

Slate

Techniques or Format

Ground; serrated; contracting stem

Other Notes

ROM record: "serrated-tang projectile"

Provenance

Current Location: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: HD123

Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1911

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Independent Order of Foresters

Publication History

F. Barlow Cumberland, Catalogue and Notes of the Oronhyatekha Historical Collection (Toronto: Independent Order of Foresters, 1904),p 46, "Indian woman's knives."

About This GRASAC Record

GKS Reference Number: 1359

How to Cite this Item

Unknown artist, projectile point. Currently in the Royal Ontario Museum, HD123. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2008; GRASAC item id 1359.

Record Creation Context

Record created as a result of a GRASAC-sponsored research trip to the Royal Ontario Museum, December 15-19, 2008. Research costs supported by a SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant (2007-2010, Ruth Phillips, PI). Record created during post-trip clean up by project RA Lisa Truong, under the supervision of Heidi Bohaker.

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6, -71.9

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