Obsidian and glass fragments

Museum number:
1-19874
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.432, Acc.477, and Acc.477I
Object count:
100
Count note:
2; 500; 1
Description:
Large number of worked obsidian pieces and fragments, also obsidian and glass flakes from Ishi's tool manufacture at the Museum.
Donor:
Ishi and R. E. Wood
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collector:
Ishi
Collection date:
1915
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fragments (object portions)
Accession date:
1912, 1915, and 1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), and S1984-1985 #25: Sonoma State University (December 4, 1984–March 13, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Obsidian and glass fragments, accession number 1-19874, described as Large number of worked obsidian pieces and fragments, also obsidian and glass flakes from Ishi's tool manufacture at the Museum.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Obsidian and glass fragments, accession number 1-19874, described as Large number of worked obsidian pieces and fragments, also obsidian and glass flakes from Ishi's tool manufacture at the Museum.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Obsidian and glass fragments, accession number 1-19874, described as Large number of worked obsidian pieces and fragments, also obsidian and glass flakes from Ishi's tool manufacture at the Museum.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obsidian and glass fragments, accession number 1-19874, described as Large number of worked obsidian pieces and fragments, also obsidian and glass flakes from Ishi's tool manufacture at the Museum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Obsidian and glass fragments, accession number 1-19874, described as Large number of worked obsidian pieces and fragments, also obsidian and glass flakes from Ishi's tool manufacture at the Museum.

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