Flake

Museum number:
3-19522
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2060
Description:
Blade (?), pinkish-gray, basalt, rectangular outline with one set of opposite edges curved, signs of retouching or use on curved edges; length 5.8 cm, width 4.5 cm
Donor:
Richard H. Brooks and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Aldama Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico
Collector:
Richard H. Brooks
Collection date:
January 1956
Materials:
Basalt (basic igneous rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Flakes (lithics)
Accession date:
1957
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 3-19522, described as Blade (?), pinkish-gray, basalt, rectangular outline with one set of opposite edges curved, signs of retouching or use on curved edges; length 5.8 cm, width 4.5 cm

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