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Arrowhead

Arrowhead

 
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Object Name: 
Arrowhead
Department
American
Category
Origins of Glassmaking
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
1000-1500
Color
Smokey-gray
Technique
pressure flaked, retouched
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 10 cm, W: 2.9 cm
Accession Number: 
62.7.1 E
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Location: 
On Display
Description
Smokey-grey obsidian; pressure flaked and retouched. Arrowhead slightly asymmetrical, long triangular blade with depression chipped along flat base in center; badly worn.
Provenance
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Source
1962-09-20

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Exhibitions

A Touch of Glass
Venue(s)
Explorers Hall, National Geographic Society 1995-02-15 through 1995-09-15

Publications

Conservation of Glass (1989) p. 1, fig. 1.1; BIB# 24726
Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) illustrated, p. 286, #863; BIB# 29547

Objects In Set

5 Arrows or Spearheads
Date:1000-1500
Accession Number:62.7.1
Spearhead
Date:1000-1500
Accession Number:62.7.1 A
 
Spearhead or Knife
Date:1000-1500
Accession Number:62.7.1 B
Spearhead or Knife
Date:1000-1500
Accession Number:62.7.1 C
 
Spearhead or Arrowhead
Date:1000-1500
Accession Number:62.7.1 D

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