Flake

Museum number:
1-61932
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.817
Description:
Obsidian.
Donor:
Gordon W. Hewes and Minna Hewes
Collection place:
CA-Fre-48 (Tranquillity site), Fresno County, California
Collector:
Gordon W. Hewes and Minna Hewes
Collection date:
August 28-29, 1942
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Flakes (lithics)
Accession date:
1942
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
...hardpan layer which has been exposed by recent wash from the Main Bypass Canal. It lies from 30" to 40" beneath the land surface of the site." "See 1-61917.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 1-61932, described as Obsidian.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Flake, accession number 1-61932, described as Obsidian.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 1-61932, described as Obsidian.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flake, accession number 1-61932, described as Obsidian.

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