Knife fragment

Museum number:
1-27964
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
34 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.644
Description:
Blade, made of obsidian. Wear pattern on both ends.
Donor:
Cora Alice DuBois and University Appropriation
Collection place:
North Central California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun and Wintu
Collector:
Cora Alice DuBois
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1930
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 10.4 centimeters and 5.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife fragment, accession number 1-27964, described as Blade, made of obsidian. Wear pattern on both ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife fragment, accession number 1-27964, described as Blade, made of obsidian. Wear pattern on both ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife fragment, accession number 1-27964, described as Blade, made of obsidian. Wear pattern on both ends.

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