Blade

Museum number:
1-2717
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
567 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Blade or knife. Made of obsidian. Biface, lanceolate shape.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Ukiah Rancheria, Ukiah Valley, Mendocino County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Yokaia Rancheria
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 5.4 centimeters and length 19.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Blade, accession number 1-2717, described as Blade or knife. Made of obsidian. Biface, lanceolate shape.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Blade, accession number 1-2717, described as Blade or knife. Made of obsidian. Biface, lanceolate shape.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-2717, described as Blade or knife. Made of obsidian. Biface, lanceolate shape.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-2717, described as Blade or knife. Made of obsidian. Biface, lanceolate shape.

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