Obsidian Blade
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 May 1958
label: Collection Date
content: 1956 to 1957
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Ralph S. Solecki
label: Collector
content: Rose Solecki
label: Donor Name
content: Columbia University
label: Site Name
content: Shanidar Cave
notes: label: Notes
content: Specimen(s) removed by Ralph and Rose Solecki in the 1950s-1960s and taken to Columbia University. In 1990, the specimen(s) were then moved by the Soleckis to Texas A&M University and returned to Columbia University around 2000. The specimen(s) returned to the Smithsonian in 2016 and were recataloged as part of the Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki Papers and Artifacts Project (2018-2019).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rowanduz Qadha, Erbil Governorate / Erbil Liwa, Iraq, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Protoneolithic
label: Culture
content: Mesolithic
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 220078
label: USNM Number
content: A425565-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blade
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 2.9 cm
label: Width
content: 0.8 cm
label: Height
content: 0.5 cm