Freer Gallery of Art - SI Staff Examine Axe Blade
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Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
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., associate curator of meteorites in the Division of Mineral Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History; William Thomas "Tom" Chase, head conservator at Freer Gallery of Art; and Rutherford J. Gettens, research consultant, 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
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Black-and-white negatives
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1740]
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