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Object Number
34-119-10/100561.1.248
Display Title
Five knives from various Texan farms
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: '"Various Sites. Texas. 34-119. / A.) T. M. Sanders farm, 1 mi. W. of Direct, Lamar County. / B.) H. R. Taylor farm, 5 mi. N. W. of Harleton, Harrison County. / C.) J. E. Galt farm, 3 mi. N. E. of Winnsboro, Franklin County. Is one of two extra large knives found with a burial; one on top of the other immediately beneath the chin. This specimen is 14 7/8" long. The on that accompanied it in the grave was 14 1/8". / D.) Hooper Glover (Carr) farm, 4 mi. N. E. of Daingerfield, Morris County. (Starett Collection) / E.) T. N. Cole Collection, from S. W. Libr. Co., land 2 mi. E. of Johntown Red River County. / Gift of J. E. Pearce, Chairman of Department of Anthropology, University of Texas."
Keywords
- Archaeological
- Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
- Knife
Department
Photographic
Date
1900-1934
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Texas
Dimensions
Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Prof. James Edwin Pearce
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