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Physical description:
35mm;
Type:
Black-and-white negatives
Date:
1971
April 19, 1971
Notes:
Digital contact sheet available.
Frame selection featured in "The Torch," Fall 1971.
Summary:
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 Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1740]
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