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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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32-29-10/94 | Mahogany obsidian spear point |
Spear
|
North America
| |
| 05-2-70/64841.2 | Spears with obsidian points |
Spear
|
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| |
| 08-4-10/73382 | Obsidian belt |
Belt
|
California
| |
| 05-2-70/64841.1 | Spear with obsidian point |
Spear
|
Rapa Nui
| |
|
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for Obsidian arrow & spear points
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Projectile Point
|
Oaxaca
| |
| 08-4-10/73308 | Obsidian blade |
Projectile Point
|
California
| |
| 08-4-10/73307 | Obsidian blade |
Projectile Point
|
California
| |
| 08-4-10/73306 | Jasper and obsidian knives |
Projectile Point
|
California
| |
| 18-20-70/D1257 | Spear with obsidian point |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 18-20-70/D1234 | Spear, double obsidian point, bamboo shaft |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
| 05-2-70/64841.3 | Spears with obsidian points |
Spear
|
Rapa Nui
| |
| 12-10-70/D856 | Obsidian knives or spear points |
Knife
|
Rapa Nui
|