Spearhead

Museum number:
1-55288
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1106 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.749
Description:
Obsidian spearhead.
Donor:
Elmer J. Dawson
Collection place:
CA-SJo-68, San Joaquin County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Site C
Collector:
Elmer J. Dawson
Collection date:
before 1939
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Accession date:
1939
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 60 millimeters
Loans:
S1973-1974 #78: San Francisco State University/Tom Jackson (April 5, 1974–April 8, 1974), S1991-1992 #28: Thomas N. Layton (April 13, 1992–April 21, 1992), and S1991-1992 #30: Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology /Noel Justice (May 19, 1992–July 3, 1996)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spearhead, accession number 1-55288, described as Obsidian spearhead.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spearhead, accession number 1-55288, described as Obsidian spearhead.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 1-55288, described as Obsidian spearhead.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 1-55288, described as Obsidian spearhead.

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