Projectile Point
66-30-5
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Mexico (Central America) | Valley of Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 66-30-5 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Teotihuacan (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Valley of Mexico |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 200-900 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Description | -4 to -13: 9 specimens of of green obsidian, translucent to partly opaque. All specimens exhibit a very regular bifacial parallel flaking lanceolate with convex base. -5: 2 shallow notches (chips?) on one side, approx. regularly spaced 1/3 and 2/3 down length of one side only. |
| Length | 14.5 cm |
| Width | 3.45 cm |
| Thickness | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Carlo Gay, Teochita, Inc., 1966 |
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