Obsidian

Museum number:
1-1569
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
153 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Biface fragment, rounded end; broken near midpoint.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Cermonial use (?)
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 8.4 centimeters and width 9.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Obsidian, accession number 1-1569, described as Biface fragment, rounded end; broken near midpoint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Obsidian, accession number 1-1569, described as Biface fragment, rounded end; broken near midpoint.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obsidian, accession number 1-1569, described as Biface fragment, rounded end; broken near midpoint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obsidian, accession number 1-1569, described as Biface fragment, rounded end; broken near midpoint.

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