Obsidian (or chert?) knife (with bevelled edges)

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Object Number 36-131-10/8817

Display Title Obsidian (or chert?) knife (with bevelled edges)

Descriptions

Inventory Description 1 obsidian uniface

Classification

Uniface

Department Archaeological

Culture

Pueblo

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Antelope Mesa / Awatovi

Intrasite Room 243

Additional Geographic Terms Antelope Mesa

Materials Obsidian

Dimensions Overall: 4.1 × 2.6 × 0.8 cm (1 5/8 × 1 × 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 36-131-10/8817; 145

Provenance

Provenance Peabody Museum Expedition (1936)

Provenance Dr. John Otis Brew (1936)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
Image Not Available for "flinty" rock knife (with bevelled edges)	36-131-10/8816	"flinty" rock knife (with bevelled edges)		Awatovi
Image Not Available for Small chert core; semi-circular; thich and flat base; bevelled irregular edge; l	47-60-60/9952	Small chert core; semi-circular; thich and flat base; bevelled irregular edge; l	Irregular core	Hirpura
	36-131-10/8862	Obsidian knife	Uniface	Awatovi
	38-8-70/877	Polished rectangular stone celts; single-bevelled edges - fragmentary ?	Adze	Bandoeng?
	50-45-10/32873	Ivory arrowhead? with bevelled edges	Perforator	Seklowaghataget
	2015.1.58	Obsidian blade with small flakes around edges	Blade
Image Not Available for Large implement - obsidian	96-37-20/C1322	Large implement - obsidian	Uniface	Lake Maddalena
Image Not Available for Cherty rock knife (with bevelled edge)	36-131-10/8810	Cherty rock knife (with bevelled edge)		Awatovi
Image Not Available for Chipped stone obsidian uniface edged tool	81-28-20/24705	Chipped stone obsidian uniface edged tool	Uniface	Cholula
Image Not Available for Flake knife with worked edges. Struck off at one blow and then worked.	22-34-10/G1407	Flake knife with worked edges. Struck off at one blow and then worked.	Uniface	Flint Ridge
Image Not Available for Obsidian implement	96-37-20/C1327	Obsidian implement	Uniface	Teuchitlan
	39-69-50/4635.4	Chipped stone, unifaces with retouched edges	Uniface	Tangier

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