Flakes

Museum number:
1-19464
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.477 and Acc.477A
Description:
Glass flakes from the production of tools by Ishi at the Museum.
Donor:
Ishi
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collection date:
1912-1914
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Flakes (lithics)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1914 and 1915
Context of use:
Residue from arrow making.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
No. Pieces: "1000+" added in pencil, "(1).
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Flakes, accession number 1-19464, described as Glass flakes from the production of tools by Ishi at the Museum.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flakes, accession number 1-19464, described as Glass flakes from the production of tools by Ishi at the Museum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flakes, accession number 1-19464, described as Glass flakes from the production of tools by Ishi at the Museum.

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