Obsidian Blades
date: label: Collection Date
content: Dec. 1916
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Harry M. Edmonds
label: Donor Name
content: Carnegie Institution of Washington
notes: label: Notes
content: IRREGULAR AND VARIABLE FLAKES MOSTLY UNSPECIALIZED EXCEPT FOR SHORT STEM." THESE ARE THE MATAA OF EASTER ISLAND, THEY ARE OBSIDIAN SPEARHEADS, TANGED, THAT MADE A SUDDEN PLENTIFUL APPEARENCE IN THE LATE PERIOD, THIS OCCURANCE SUPPORTS THE INCREASING WAREFARE VIEW. FOR MORE INFO REFER TO BAHN & FLENLEY 1992. (SRJONES 11/96)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 50
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Rapanui (Easter Islander)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 174353
label: USNM Number
content: A390626-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blade