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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 / <County> / <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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