Knife

Museum number:
1-2326
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
910 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.86, Acc.94, and Acc.97
Description:
knife, stone; biface chert blade, hafted to two-piece flat wood handle with pitch and sinew; L (overall) 23.3cm x W 5.1cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mooretown, Butte County, California
Culture or time period:
Maidu
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Roland Burrage Dixon
Collection date:
1903
Materials:
Chert, Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 5.1 centimeters and length 23.3 centimeters
Loans:
S2006-2007 #4: Museum of Anthropology (CSU Chico) (January 26, 2007–June 4, 2007)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-2326, described as knife, stone; biface chert blade, hafted to two-piece flat wood handle with pitch and sinew; L (overall) 23.3cm x W 5.1cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-2326, described as knife, stone; biface chert blade, hafted to two-piece flat wood handle with pitch and sinew; L (overall) 23.3cm x W 5.1cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-2326, described as knife, stone; biface chert blade, hafted to two-piece flat wood handle with pitch and sinew; L (overall) 23.3cm x W 5.1cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-2326, described as knife, stone; biface chert blade, hafted to two-piece flat wood handle with pitch and sinew; L (overall) 23.3cm x W 5.1cm

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