Atlatl spear fragment

Museum number:
1-45353
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
162 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.704
Description:
Atlatl foreshaft (?) Chalcedony point, hafted and pitched to shaft.
Donor:
Beverly Blackmer and Francesca Blackmer Wigg
Collection place:
NV-Ch-35 (Humboldt Cave), Churchill County, Nevada
Collector:
Alex D. Krieger and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
June 1936
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Atlatl spears
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 167 millimeters and length 50 millimeters
Loans:
S1990-1991 #22: Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology /Noel Justice (January 1991–May 6, 1992)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Atlatl spear fragment, accession number 1-45353, described as Atlatl foreshaft (?) Chalcedony point, hafted and pitched to shaft.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Atlatl spear fragment, accession number 1-45353, described as Atlatl foreshaft (?) Chalcedony point, hafted and pitched to shaft.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Atlatl spear fragment, accession number 1-45353, described as Atlatl foreshaft (?) Chalcedony point, hafted and pitched to shaft.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Atlatl spear fragment, accession number 1-45353, described as Atlatl foreshaft (?) Chalcedony point, hafted and pitched to shaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Atlatl spear fragment, accession number 1-45353, described as Atlatl foreshaft (?) Chalcedony point, hafted and pitched to shaft.

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