Projectile Point
66-30-6
Location: On Display in the Mexico and Central America Gallery
From: Mexico (Central America) | Valley of Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 66-30-6 |
| 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. -6: Red substand (cinnabar?) imbedded in some flake scars; obverse shoes some original surface. Chipped at base. |
| Length | 14.3 cm |
| Width | 2.7 cm |
| Thickness | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Carlo Gay, Teochita, Inc., 1966 |
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