Knife

Museum number:
3-2878
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030002878
Alternate number:
8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.599
Description:
Obsidian knife
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
San Angel Copilco excavation A, State of Mexico, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Archaic Era, Mesoamerica (ca. 3500–2000 BC)
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1924
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
Accession date:
May 26, 1924
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1967-1968 #115: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (April 3, 1968–unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Knife, accession number 3-2878, described as Obsidian knifeHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Knife, accession number 3-2878, described as Obsidian knife
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 3-2878, described as Obsidian knife

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