Point flaker

Museum number:
1-214034
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1437
Description:
Projectile point flaker, made of deer antler.
Donor:
American Indian Film Project and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath (CDP), Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Del Norte; Klamath
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Maker or artist:
Frank Reynolds
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
August 1961
Taxon:
Odocoileus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
Used by Frank Reynolds in making points for Barrett's film project. Flaking of point photographed by Barrett.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 5.125 inches
Comment:
Used by Frank Reynolds in making points for Barrett's film project. Flaking of point photographed by Barrett.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #41: American Indian Film Project/Samuel A. Barrett (January 11, 1962–January 11, 1962), S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966), and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Point flaker, accession number 1-214034, described as Projectile point flaker, made of deer antler.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point flaker, accession number 1-214034, described as Projectile point flaker, made of deer antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point flaker, accession number 1-214034, described as Projectile point flaker, made of deer antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point flaker, accession number 1-214034, described as Projectile point flaker, made of deer antler.

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