Blade

Museum number:
1-1542
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Alternate number:
126 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Mahogany obsidian. Bifacial, bipointed; lanceolate shape.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Ceremonial
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 25.3 centimeters and width 4.1 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4436. Published: BAE B-78, pl. 2. References: Illustrated in H.N. Rust's paper on The Obsidian Blades of California; American Anthropologist, Vol 7, Pl. XLI # 1.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #75: Samuel A. Barrett/Samuel A. Barrett (April 1, 1964–April 1, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-1542, described as Mahogany obsidian. Bifacial, bipointed; lanceolate shape.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-1542, described as Mahogany obsidian. Bifacial, bipointed; lanceolate shape.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-1542, described as Mahogany obsidian. Bifacial, bipointed; lanceolate shape.

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