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Object Number
46-73-10/90580
Display Title
Stone, chipped, edged tools
Descriptions
Object Description
Very large, tapering or lance-shaped hacking-knife blades, made from plates of metamorphic slate.
Inventory Description
Stone, chipped, edged tools, flat, semi-lunar, 1 edges sharpened, broken
Classification
- Edged Tools
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Hohokam
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Maricopa County
/
<City>
/
Los Hornos
Additional Geographic Terms
Salado Valley, Lower
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 11.2 x 17.7 x 1.2 cm (4 7/16 x 6 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
46-73-10/90580/ 4139/ Hornos/ VIII/ 176/ 216/ 219/ 156
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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