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Object Number 12-10-70/D856
Display Title Obsidian knives or spear points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Knife, chipped obsidian, eccentric blade, squared stem
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1911
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Obsidian
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 6.9 x 1.7 cm (3 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-856
Provenance
Donor Prof. Henry W. Haynes (1912?)

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