Obsidian Blades "Mataa"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1936
name: label: Donor Name
content: Harvard University
notes: label: Notes
content: 2 MATAA (THESE TANGED OBSIDIAN SPEARHEADS MAKE A SUDDEN PLENTIFUL APPEARENCE IN THE LATE PERIOD TO SUPPORT THE INCREASING WARFARE VIEW- REFER TO BAHN & FLENLEY, EAASTER ISLAND EARTHISLAND, 1992). BOTH ABOUT 3X3". LARGER ONE NOTCHED DEEPLY, SMALLER ONE IS SLIGHTLY NOTCHED WITH A WORKED POINT. ACC. FILE SAYS SPHERULITHIC GLASS FROM CERRO OURITO" (CERRO OURITO COULD REFER TO MANUGA ORITO, HILL IN SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE ISLAND). (SRJONES 11/96)
label: Notes
content: No catalog card found in file
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Polynesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 140038
label: USNM Number
content: A377998-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blade