Knife

Museum number:
1-222304
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2215 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Leaf shaped. Black obsidian.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-87, San Joaquin County, California
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
November 5, 1901
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 5.5 inches
Comment:
...he found one skeleton, that of an adult at a depth of 3 ft. lying on back, east and west, head to west. Under the head and close together were four leaf shaped implements or knives [1-222304-306] (one broken) [307], two spear points (one with point missing) [308-309], and an arrow point [310]. Two large irregular stones [one is 311] were directly under the feet. By right side near elbow was a pestle [312]. By neck and across upper part of breast as if in rows were 38 abalone shell ornaments [314-333], 18 being more or less imperfect or decayed. All of these ornaments were triangular in shape, a all with one perforation in the wider end. One clay bead [313] was near pestle at right side of body. Lying in irregular positions, some together, some separate, as if thrown in promiscuously were 31 fish hook shaped bone objects [334-363]. These were scattered from the neck to the knees, over the breast and along the arms and legs. Of the 31, eighteen were in a good state of preservation, six were broken, and seven were fragments.
Loans:
S1979-1980 #43: University of California, Davis/Richard E. Hughes (December 19, 1979–February 9, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-222304, described as Leaf shaped. Black obsidian.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-222304, described as Leaf shaped. Black obsidian.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-222304, described as Leaf shaped. Black obsidian.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-222304, described as Leaf shaped. Black obsidian.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 1-222304, described as Leaf shaped. Black obsidian.

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