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Object Number 32-29-10/93
Display Title Large black obsidian spear points
Descriptions
Object Description Large black obsidian spear points used for hunting. May have been used used ceremonially in the War Dance or Brush Dance.
Inventory Description Spearpoints, chipped stone, obsidian, side notched
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yurok?
  • Karok?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Obsidian
Dimensions Overall: 23.4 x 5.6 x 1.7 cm (9 3/16 x 2 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 32-29/10\93 & POMO\ INDIAN\ SPEAR\ POINT\ R AXE/ \ 42.50 & #4
Provenance
Collector A. G. Burns (1932)

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