obsidian
Object Name3 Obsidian Chips and Blade
Made FromObsidian
Place MadeMexico
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number52.5.1
Credit LineGift of M. Quinters
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionA) Chunk, triangular shape, chipped on all sides. B) Translucent light grey chip; unworked. Triangular piece of roughly equal thickness. C) Smokey greenish-grey obsidian; struck from a prepared core. Long rectangular blade, roughly truncated triangle in cross section, probably three- quarters to one-half missing. D) Translucent smokey obsidian chip; unworked. Small triangular piece.Provenance
Source
M. Quinters
- 1952-07-17
probably 900-1099, but possibly later
