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MawM0144-270.jp2
Obsidian blade : no tan...
MawM0144
 
Title
Obsidian blade : no tang.
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.
Subject
[Weapons--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 800
MawM0144-top.jp2
Obsidian blade : no tan...
MawM0144
 
Title
Obsidian blade : no tang.
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.
Subject
[Weapons--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 800
MawM0144-000.jp2
Obsidian blade : no tan...
MawM0144
 
Title
Obsidian blade : no tang.
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.
Subject
[Weapons--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 800
MawM0144-090.jp2
Obsidian blade : no tan...
MawM0144
 
Title
Obsidian blade : no tang.
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.
Subject
[Weapons--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 800
MawM0144-180.jp2
Obsidian blade : no tan...
MawM0144
 
Title
Obsidian blade : no tang.
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.
Subject
[Weapons--Mexico, Stone carving--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 and 800
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