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Start Over Object type archaeology Materials Basalt (basic igneous rock)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Abrader, accession number 3-16596, described as Basalt tabular flat abrader, irregular shape (?); length 8 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Abrader, accession number 3-16563, described as Red basalt simple abrader with grooves on two surfaces; length 6 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Abrader, accession number 3-16595, described as Basalt tabular flat abrader, irregular shape; length 8 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze blade, accession number 6-9472, described as basalt adze ? blade, 16 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 2-3134, described as Water or amulet stone, fetichistic.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow shaft straightener, accession number 1-191832, described as basalt arrow shaft straightener, l. 9cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 3-17126, described as Basalt ¾ grooved axe with single groove on face; length 12.5 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 3-19762, described as Axe, gray, basalt, tabular, rectangular, chisel-like, smooth, flaked on one short edge, grooved on three adjoining surfaces at opposite end, one-fifth of the way up; length 15.6 cm, width 8.8 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 3-19759, described as Axe, gray, basalt, rectangular outline, flaked on 1½ surfaced, remainder smooth, one fourth of four adjoining surfaces is a groove; length 10.2 cm, width 7.2 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Axe, accession number 3-19763, described as Axe, greenish-gray, basalt, rectangular outline, smooth, flaked at the one short edge, grooved on three adjoined surfaces at opposite end of second quarter, direction of slant on flaked surface and choice of grooved surface possibly indicate that the maker and/or user was left-handed; length 16.2 cm, with 8.6 cm

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