Spearhead

Museum number:
1-221243
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
798 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Black obsidian. Serrated. Broken.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-80 (Stockton Channel Mound), Stockton, San Joaquin County
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Accession date:
1956
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
From field notes: "Broken by trowel in excavating." Published: Illustrated in Land of Sunshine, Oct., 1899, p. 258; Prehistoric Implements, p. 266, fig. 403, #11.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spearhead, accession number 1-221243, described as Black obsidian. Serrated. Broken.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spearhead, accession number 1-221243, described as Black obsidian. Serrated. Broken.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 1-221243, described as Black obsidian. Serrated. Broken.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 1-221243, described as Black obsidian. Serrated. Broken.

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