SI Staff Examine Axe Blade
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Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives
Date: 1971
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 17, Image No. OPA-1740
Roy S. Clarke, Jr., meteorologist in the Division of Mineral Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History, conservator William Thomas "Tom" Chase, and curator Rutherford J. Gettens examine an ancient Chinese axe blade at the Freer Gallery of Art to determine if it was made from iron meteorites.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 17, Image No. OPA-1740
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Black-and-white negatives
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1740]
35mm;