About the Artwork
Spearhead or Knife
no date
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Native american
North american
Flint
Overall: 4 × 2 1/2 × 3/8 inches (10.2 × 6.4 × 1 cm)
Arms and Armor
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Frederick Stearns
99.5B1654
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Markings
paper label glued to side, written in ink: B-16524 Flint Knife / From Dr. Mc. Schwars' [? sic] Col. / Found at Carmel Ind. / F. Stearns' Collection.
Provenance
Dr. McShane (Hamilton County, Indiana, USA). between 1871-1895, purchased by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907
Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1907-present, bequeathed 1907 to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
North American, Native American, Spearhead or Knife, no date, flint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Frederick Stearns, 99.5B1654.
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