Blade
66-30-3
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Mexico (Central America) | Atla
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 66-30-3 |
| Current Location | Mexico and Central America Gallery - On Display |
| Culture | Teotihuacan (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) | Atla |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 200-900 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Description | Opaque, banded grey obsidian. Wavy blade (2 1/2 undulations on both sides) ending in point. Very deep U-shaped notched in base and removal of one corner form an off center stem which itself has a basal and corner notch. Rough bifacial parallel flaking with finer retouch on some edges. |
| Length | 27.7 cm |
| Width | 5.8 cm |
| Thickness | 1.3 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Carlo Gay, Teochita, Inc., 1966 |
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