Blade

Museum number:
1-19797
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Accession number:
Acc.508
Description:
Very rough flake of obsidian. Biface (hand axe-shape).
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman and University Appropriation
Collection place:
South Fork of Kern River, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; South Fork of Kern River
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June 1916
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 8.6 centimeters and length 14.1 centimeters
Loans:
S1978-1979 #35: Albert B. Elsasser/Larry Michalak (November 22, 1978–November 22, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-19797, described as Very rough flake of obsidian. Biface (hand axe-shape).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-19797, described as Very rough flake of obsidian. Biface (hand axe-shape).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-19797, described as Very rough flake of obsidian. Biface (hand axe-shape).

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