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Object Number
32-29-10/95
Display Title
Obsidian hoes
Descriptions
Object Description
Obsidian hoes Used in White Deerskin Dance
Inventory Description
Blades, chipped stone, obsidian, oblong, rounded ends, 1 is red/black
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Karok?
- Yurok?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
Pacific Coast; made along coast?
Materials
Obsidian
Dimensions
Overall: 23.2 x 7.6 x 2.1 cm (9 1/8 x 3 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
32-29/10\95 & INDIAN\ OBSIDIAN\ Spade\ 40.00
Provenance
Collector
A. G. Burns
(1932)
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