Point

Museum number:
1-13971a-e
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210113971a@2de
Alternate number:
89 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Obsidian, biface. No barbs. Used in basket making.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Charles P. Wilcomb
Collection date:
1898-1902
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used in basket making.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
6.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-13971a-e, described as Obsidian, biface. No barbs. Used in basket making.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-13971a-e, described as Obsidian, biface. No barbs. Used in basket making.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-13971a-e, described as Obsidian, biface. No barbs. Used in basket making.

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