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Object Number
10-71-20/C6755
Display Title
Ceremonial knife
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Chipped stone blade, carved wood 2-headed shake figure handle, mended
Classification
- Blade
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Yucatan
/
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/
<City>
/
Chichen Itza
Intrasite
Sacred Cenote
Materials
Chert
Dimensions
Overall: 34.8 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm (13 11/16 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
10-71-20/C6755
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Expedition, E. H. Thompson, Director, 1907-1910
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1910)
Collector
Edward Herbert Thompson
(1907-1910)
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