Blade

Museum number:
1-50873
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
29 (burial number) and Bur. 29 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.746
Description:
Toothed. Made of obsidian. Curved.
Donor:
Gordon W. Hewes and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
CA-CCo-141, Palm Tract, Contra Costa County
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
April 1, 1939
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Blades (stone tools)
Accession date:
1939
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Dimensions:
length 65 millimeters and width 40 millimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #31: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (1960–July 21, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-50873, described as Toothed. Made of obsidian. Curved. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-50873, described as Toothed. Made of obsidian. Curved. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Blade, accession number 1-50873, described as Toothed. Made of obsidian. Curved. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

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