Scraper
Blade
Stone
NA9341
From: New Mexico | Rio Grande Region
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA9341 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | New Mexico | Rio Grande Region |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Stone | Chert | Quartz | Quartzite | Barite | Sandstone | Amethyst | Animal Bone | Rhyolite (uncertain) | Shale (uncertain) | Slate (uncertain) |
Description | 5 large scrapers (3 of quartzite, 2 of chert). 1 small scraper (chert). 5 blades (3 of quartzite and 2 of translucent quartz). 1 large piece of non-worked barite. 1 piece of unworked shale/slate. 3 pieces of smooth and rounded stone (igneous/metamorphic rock). 3 smooth and rounded pieces of stone (igneous or metamorphic). 4 pieces of polished and rounded stone (mafic/igneous stone). 1 piece of flat stone with a rounded top (felsic/igneous stone-maybe Rhyolite). 1 piece of rounded and crumbly sandstone. 1 piece of amethyst. 1 eroded piece of animal vertebrae. 1 pendant made of barite. |
Credit Line | Gift of Otto T. Mallery, 1921 |
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