12019-05-01T13:57:39-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12332305structured_gallery2019-05-10T19:08:56-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12The British soldier, explorer, and amateur archaeologist Heywood Seton-Karr was particularly interested in stone tool technologies. He located "lost" flint mines in the eastern Egyptian desert, excavating extensive extraction and processing sites near Fayum and at Wadi El-Sheikh “with the help of H. E. Johnson and the Arabs in 1896.” Harry Peterson, Stanford's first museum curator, wrote to Seton-Karr thanking him for his "especially valuable" contribution, sharing "Mrs. S [Jane Stanford] often speaks of the interest shown by you in sending the implements to a museum so far distant."
12019-05-08T16:00:27-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Arrowhead (20135)3Stone tools are often considered strong and lasting. These arrowheads are an example of tools meant to break. The barbs on the side were very difficult to remove from flesh, often breaking off in the process.media/20135.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:33:25-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T16:01:15-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Arrowhead (20138)3Stone tools are often considered strong and lasting. These arrowheads are an example of tools meant to break. The barbs on the side were very difficult to remove from flesh, often breaking off in the process.media/20138.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:33:51-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T16:01:57-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Arrowhead (20139)3Stone tools are often considered strong and lasting. These arrowheads are an example of tools meant to break. The barbs on the side were very difficult to remove from flesh, often breaking off in the process.media/20139.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:34:43-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T16:03:42-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Arrowhead (20144-2)3Stone tools are often considered strong and lasting. These arrowheads are an example of tools meant to break. The barbs on the side were very difficult to remove from flesh, often breaking off in the process.media/20144-2.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:35:23-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T16:02:52-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Arrowhead (20141)4Stone tools are often considered strong and lasting. These arrowheads are an example of tools meant to break. The barbs on the side were very difficult to remove from flesh, often breaking off in the process.media/20141.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:35:04-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:47:40-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Blade Pre-form (20225)3The next stage of production involved striking off large chunks of the flake, allowing the item to assume its general shape as a blade or point.media/20225.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:36:06-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:49:55-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Chert Blade (20190-2)3The final stage of production focused on refining the item’s shape, giving it features like smooth sides, sharp edges, fine points, and fingers grips. Of course, these specific modifications depended on the item’s intended use.media/20190-2.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:37:35-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:53:26-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Chert Microblade (20091)3Microblades could be mounted with resin and string to wood and were used as arrowheads, spear points, or an array of other cutting tools. These blades were carved from large pieces of chert waste, and are frequently found in groups.media/20091.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:38:20-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:52:35-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Chert Microblade (20087-2)3Microblades could be mounted with resin and string to wood and were used as arrowheads, spear points, or an array of other cutting tools. These blades were carved from large pieces of chert waste, and are frequently found in groups.media/20087-2.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:38:00-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:54:06-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Chert Microblade (20095-2)3Microblades could be mounted with resin and string to wood and were used as arrowheads, spear points, or an array of other cutting tools. These blades were carved from large pieces of chert waste, and are frequently found in groups.media/20095-2.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:38:47-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:54:54-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Chert Microblade (20096-2)3Microblades could be mounted with resin and string to wood and were used as arrowheads, spear points, or an array of other cutting tools. These blades were carved from large pieces of chert waste, and are frequently found in groups.media/20096-2.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:39:11-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:56:42-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Chert Saw Blade (20046)3Serrated blades were cutting tools, usually mounted with resin into a wooden or bone handle. The jagged edges were made by overlapping precise circular flakes to create sharp points.media/20046.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:39:33-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:57:22-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Chert Saw Blade (20045-2)3Serrated blades were cutting tools, usually mounted with resin into a wooden or bone handle. The jagged edges were made by overlapping precise circular flakes to create sharp points.media/20045-2.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:39:55-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:58:06-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Chert Saw Blade (20048-2)3Serrated blades were cutting tools, usually mounted with resin into a wooden or bone handle. The jagged edges were made by overlapping precise circular flakes to create sharp points.media/20048-2.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:40:15-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
12019-05-08T15:43:28-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Core of Chert (20067)4Cores—purposefully shaped nodules of stone—were used as a “blank” starting point from which toolmakers would strike off flakes with a hammer stone in order to make implements. Toolmakers could also shape the core itself into an implement.media/20067.JPGplain2019-05-14T22:40:30-07:00Excavated by Heyward Walter Seton-Karr and donated to Stanford ca. 1908Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
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12019-05-01T13:56:33-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Harry Claude PetersonEmilia Porubcin7(1876-1941)structured_gallery2019-05-15T03:51:08-07:00
(1876-1941)
Harry Peterson was appointed by Jane Stanford to be the first curator of the Leland Stanford Junior Memorial University Museum, by then known as the Stanford University Museum of Fine Arts, in 1899. He held the position until 1917. Peterson organized the museum, including the Egyptian Gallery, during its formative period and is responsible for the first catalogue of museum holdings, made in 1916-1917. He corresponded with many donors, including Heywood Seton-Karr. Peterson loved history, especially California history, and was an important figure in American museology, but he was not a trained historian, art historian, or archaeologist. His artifact identifications are likely informed by first-hand knowledge of collections provenance and institutional history.Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12
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12019-05-01T13:56:33-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12Harry Claude Peterson7(1876-1941)structured_gallery2019-05-15T03:51:08-07:00Emilia Porubcin63ec028064958b3240cc8e4e010f355faa0c8e12