Spade
62-7-65
From: Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 62-7-65 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | archaeological site on the River, outside the Village, east of the Mines |
| Date Made | 1917 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Stone | Wood | Leather |
| Description | Wooden handle, bifacially flaked flat stone blade. Handle is round stick with corner notch in distal end to receive blade. It is lashed with hide thongs and reinforced with corncobs. Blade is oval in shape, except for round base tang at one long end. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Luis L. Mohr, 1962 |
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