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Object Number
00-8-70/55424.1
Display Title
Obsidian tools
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Knives, chipped obsidian, eccentric blades, squared stems
Classification
- Knife
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Chile
/
Rapa Nui
Materials
Obsidian
Dimensions
Overall: 7.7 x 9.6 x 1.7 cm (3 1/16 x 3 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
5
Label on object
55424
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Expedition
Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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