Accession No
1900.316.3
Description
Tanged knife or large projectile point made from flaked stone. Lanceloate point with excurvate blade; side notched with expanding stem with rounded ears; bifacially worked marbled cream and black stone.
Place
Americas; North America; United States of America; Texas; Colorado River
Period
?Palaeo-Indian ?Archaic ?Historic
Source
English, H. [collector and vendor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1900.316.3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
97mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Handwritten label affixed within Accession Register reads: 'No.4) 17 flints from camp near Colorado river, 40 m from Austin, Texas. The knife is rarely found.'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Auction / Sale)
Lot no. 17. Purchased along with 1903.313-317 for £2:12:6.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1900.316.1-17: 'Sixteen javelin and arrowheads and portion of a stone knife of good workmanship.'
Event Date 1900
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Tanged knife or large projectile point made from flaked stone. Lanceloate point with excurvate blade; side notched with expanding stem with rounded ears; bifacially worked marbled cream and black stone.
Event Date 26/3/2025
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:326364
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