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Object number2017.51.5 a-f

OriginHickory, PA

MediumHardboard (Masonite); Stone; Adhesive; Paper; Ink

Credit LineGift of Robert Mungai

DescriptionDisplay board with 143 mounted projectile points and five detached projectile points. Rectangular brown hardboard (Masonite) backer with regular pattern of holes throughout. Stone projectile points of various sizes, colors, and shapes are adhered to the board in seven (7) groups. Each group is labeled with a rectangular off-white paper label with printed text. Most projectile points are directly labeled with a circular white sticker with handwritten identification number written on sticker. Reverse of board is covered with white wallpaper with floral pattern.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 21.75 × 26.563 × 0.625 in. (55.2 × 67.5 × 1.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 1.563 × 1.125 × 0.25 in. (4 × 2.9 × 0.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 1.5 × 0.938 × 0.313 in. (3.8 × 2.4 × 0.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (d): 1.063 × 1 × 0.25 in. (2.7 × 2.5 × 0.6 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (e): 1.625 × 0.813 × 0.438 in. (4.1 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (f): 2 × 0.875 × 0.375 in. (5.1 × 2.2 × 1 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Off-white paper group labels with printed text are, from left to right, top to bottom:
“Type 58: Type III Stemmed Points / (688-693)”;
“Type 59: Type IV Stemmed Points / (707)”;
“Type 60: Type I Side-Notched / (709-711)”;
“Type 61: Type II Expanding Stem / (712-716)”;
“Type 56: Type II Stemmed Points / (624)”;
“Type 57: Type I Expanding Stem / (625-639, 681-682)”;
and “Type 55: Type I Corner-Notched / (508-622)”.

(b)
Circular white sticker on object has handwritten number in ink "600".

(c)
Circular white sticker on object has handwritten number in ink "602".

(d)
Circular white sticker on object has handwritten number in ink "619".

(e)
Circular white sticker on object has handwritten number in ink "626" [difficult to read, possibly "620"].

(f)
Circular white sticker on object has handwritten number in ink "637" [difficult to read, possibly "631"].
Historical NotesPart of a collection of surface-collected lithics that was acquired after the death of the collector, Nello Mungai of Hickory, Pennsylvania, through a donation by his son Robert Mungai also of Hickory. Nello Mungai (1920-2012) was a farmer and a friend of Meadowcroft founder Albert Miller. According to his son Robert, Nello had a particular skill in spotting lithic artifacts that had surfaced while working his farm fields. He was frequently observed stopping his tractor, getting off, and picking up a projectile point he spotted while driving across the field. This collection was assembled from artifacts he found on his farm. It includes two Miller Lanceolate points following the original Miller point recovered at the Meadowcroft Rockshelter in 1976. In 1978, during the University of Pittsburgh’s summer field school excavations in the Cross Creek drainage, excavations were conducted on the Mungai farm.

Collector Nello Mungai (1920 - 2012)

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