COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0144-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0144
Title:
Obsidian blade : no tang.
Subject:
Weapons--Mexico
Subject:
Stone carving--Mexico
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
A flake has been knocked off an obsidian core. The flake was thinned, shaped, and sharpened by pressure flaking. Finally, this blade was embedded into a shaft of a spear.
Materials:
Stone: black obsidian with brown tint. Core flaked & pressure flaked.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 250 and 800
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Weapon
Object Type:
Blade
Dimensions:
6 1/16 in long x 2 1/8 in wide x 1/2 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Southeast Mexico
Rights:
Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Culture:
Maya
Period:
Classic
