Obsidian blade, ceremonial, 36 inches long, 5.5 inches wide, in fitted and hinged wood box
Donor:
Mrs. Edward C. Counter
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Edward C. Counter Jr.
Collection date:
1923
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #97: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968), S1974-1975 #66: California State University, East Bay (February 14, 1975–March 12, 1976), and S1977-1978 #74: Hoopa Tribal Museum (June 16, 1978–October 19, 1978)