Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Luce Center
Projectile knife points (2)
Object Number:
1890.4ab
Date:
1500-1700
Medium:
Flint, quartz
Dimensions:
largest: 3 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 8.6 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Flint or quartz projectile points; one point is brown flint and the other is white quartz; both are triangular.
Gallery Label:
According to an attached label, these points were found on the farm of James Francis, three miles south of Jamaica in Queens, New York.
Credit Line:
Gift of Theodore Rogers
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
