Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI in 1948 from the Stendahl Galleries (Hollywood, California), owned and operated by Alfred Stendahl (1915-2010) using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Klamath
- Previous owner
- Stendahl Galleries (Stendahl Gallery), 1911-
- Seller
- Stendahl Galleries (Stendahl Gallery), 1911-
- Seller agent
- Alfred E. Stendahl, Non-Indian, 1915-2010
- Presenter/funding source
- Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-
- Object Name
- Biface/Blade (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Obsidian
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
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