Spear point
- Museum number:
- 1-10774
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010010774
- Alternate number:
- 763 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Large, made of obsidian.
- Donor:
- Samuel A. Barrett
- Collection place:
- Teshechu (Choinumni village), Fresno County, California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Fresno; Ticetcu
- Culture or time period:
- Yokuts
- Collector:
- Samuel A. Barrett
- Collection date:
- February 1907
- Materials:
- Obsidian
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- 1907
- Context of use:
- Used by doctors in effecting cures.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Legacy documentation:
-