Projectile Point

66-30-11

Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery

From: Mexico (Central America) | Valley of Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 66-30-11
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.

-11: Point damaged

Length 12.5 cm
Width 2.9 cm
Thickness 0.6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Carlo Gay, Teochita, Inc., 1966

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