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This dart point was recovered from the Mallow site, an archeological site in Doniphan County, and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1925. The point is made of a banded Permian chert and has a slightly expanding stem. Dart points would be mounted to the dart foreshaft, which would in turn be connected to the dart shaft. The assembled dart would then be thrown with an atlatl (spearthrower).
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 446684
Call Number: 14DP1312 25.42.831 Zimmerman donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 446684
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Chipped Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Projectile Point - Stemmed
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
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