Implement

Museum number:
2-3927
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-73 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Prehistoric stone implement. Heavy pyrites, presenting an edge smooth from use. In connection with flint (or iron) to produce sparks to light a fire; rub on another stone (e.g.sandstone) to produce black pigment for coloring.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Collection date:
1880-1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stone tools
Function:
1.5 Household and 8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
in connection with flint (or iron) to produce sparks to light a fire; rub on another stone (e.g.sandstone) to produce black pigment for coloring.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Implement, accession number 2-3927, described as Prehistoric stone implement. Heavy pyrites, presenting an edge smooth from use. In connection with flint (or iron) to produce sparks to light a fire; rub on another stone (e.g.sandstone) to produce black pigment for coloring.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Implement, accession number 2-3927, described as Prehistoric stone implement. Heavy pyrites, presenting an edge smooth from use. In connection with flint (or iron) to produce sparks to light a fire; rub on another stone (e.g.sandstone) to produce black pigment for coloring.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Implement, accession number 2-3927, described as Prehistoric stone implement. Heavy pyrites, presenting an edge smooth from use. In connection with flint (or iron) to produce sparks to light a fire; rub on another stone (e.g.sandstone) to produce black pigment for coloring.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Implement, accession number 2-3927, described as Prehistoric stone implement. Heavy pyrites, presenting an edge smooth from use. In connection with flint (or iron) to produce sparks to light a fire; rub on another stone (e.g.sandstone) to produce black pigment for coloring.

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