Core chopper

Museum number:
2-27083
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020027083
Accession number:
Acc.1009
Description:
Black basalt core chopper
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
Lake Terrace between NV-Pe-19 and NV-Pe-20, Pershing County, Nevada
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Materials:
Basalt (basic igneous rock) (black)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Core choppers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1950
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1960-1961 #1 [formerly I-60-B]: Nevada State Museum/Richard Shutler Jr. (October 31, 1960–August 15, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Core chopper, accession number 2-27083, described as Black basalt core chopper
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Core chopper, accession number 2-27083, described as Black basalt core chopperDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Core chopper, accession number 2-27083, described as Black basalt core chopper

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