Novaculite Knife
Object Details
- Notes
- Original Catalog Number: 2914-3 Style: Preform Raw Material Source: Ouachita Mountains Luster: Waxy Shape/Form: Ovate Base: Straight Edge Modification: Irregular bifacial retouching Manufacturing Notes: Cortex present on both faces as though this were retouched from a thin slab. Retouch is steep, often abrupt. Edge cross section is wavy. Preform-like. Use Trace: Small curving fracture at tip. Some rounding at tip. Hard to assess use because the piece is not finely made and thinned. Diamond shaped X-section. Comments: Translucent. Lustrous. Could this be heat altered which changes luster and translucence but not color?
- Record Last Modified
- 1 Oct 2015
- Site Number
- 34LF40
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Prehistoric
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 1958
- Accession Number
- 228126
- USNM Number
- A423180-0
- Donor Name
- Harry M. Trowbridge
- Site Name
- Craig Mound
- Object Type
- Knife
- Length - Object
- ca. 11.18 cm
- Width - Object
- ca. 2.75 cm
- Thickness - Object
- ca. 1.13 cm
- Weight - Object
- ca. 34.7 g
- Place
- Spiro, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8175707
- Usage
- CC0
