Freer Gallery of Art - SI Staff Examine Axe Blade

ID: SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1740]

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

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Summary

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.

Subject

  • Clarke, Roy S
  • Chase, W. T (William Thomas)
  • Gettens, Rutherford J (Rutherford John)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

Notes

  • Digital contact sheet available.
  • Frame selection featured in "The Torch," Fall 1971.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 17, Image No. OPA-1740

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1971
  • April 19, 1971

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Topic

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1740]

Physical description

35mm;

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