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Object Number 46-73-10/88018
Display Title Bone point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone point, delicately finished, polished, possibly notched at one end
Classification
  • Point
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / McKinley County / <City> / Heshotauthla
Intrasite 1st excavation south
Additional Geographic Terms Pescado Valley; Zuni Reservation
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8.9 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm (3 1/2 x 3/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 5229
Provenance
Collector Frank Hamilton Cushing (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (11/15/1946)

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