Flakes, pyrite, and sulphur

Museum number:
2-11824a-c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.610
Description:
(a) Crystal flakes. (b) Small piece of pyrite. (c) Small sulphur crystal, crystallized surface.
Donor:
James Simonds
Collection place:
Savonoski, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Savonoski
Culture or time period:
Aglegmiut Eskimo
Collector:
A. J. Basinger and H. E. Jacob
Collection date:
July-August 1919
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1925
Context of use:
Found with 2-11823. (a) According to Jean-Loup Rousselot (1987) these are raw materials for projectile points.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flakes, pyrite, and sulphur, accession number 2-11824a-c, described as (a) Crystal flakes. (b) Small piece of pyrite. (c) Small sulphur crystal, crystallized surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flakes, pyrite, and sulphur, accession number 2-11824a-c, described as (a) Crystal flakes. (b) Small piece of pyrite. (c) Small sulphur crystal, crystallized surface.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flakes, pyrite, and sulphur, accession number 2-11824a-c, described as (a) Crystal flakes. (b) Small piece of pyrite. (c) Small sulphur crystal, crystallized surface.

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