Cassinelli-Perino Artifact Collection

hundreds of American Indian stone tools laid across colorful display boards

Display boards

The Cassinelli-Perino Artifact Collection is on permanent display at the Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center in Gardnerville, Nevada. The collection features an amazing display of American Indian Stone tools discovered in the Great Basin region of the United States. It includes a dazzling array of projectile points, arrowheads, gravers, scrapers and even crescents. The artifacts were identified using the Thomas Key developed by David Hurst Thomas.