Accession No

1962.21 C


Description

One bone awl with one proximal end, tapered to a burnt point.


Place

Americas; North America; United States of America; California; Sacramento County


Period

Middle Horizon


Source

University of California, Berkeley [donor]; Lillard, Jeremiah B. [collector]; Sacramento County Board of Education


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1962.21 C


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone


Local Term


Measurements

70mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1962.21 A-C: 'Three bone awls. 1962.21 C: Tip broken and polished.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Collected by Jeremiah B. Lillard and the Sacramento Junior College Field Party, 1937, from Bennet Mound.
Note: exchange list (Doc.576) spells the site as 'Bennett Mound' and gives the site code as Sac-60, but the current Hearst Museum record for L-1864 spells the site as 'Bennet Mound' and gives the code as CA-Sac-16.
Event Date 1937
Author: maa


Context (Acquisition Details)
Acquired in 1962 as part of an exchange with the University of California, Berkeley Museum of Anthropology (now the Pheobe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology); MAA sent material from Papua New Guinea (Hearst Museum nos. 11-37061 to 11-37086). See archive (Doc.576) for details.
Event Date 1962
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
One bone awl with one proximal end, tapered to a burnt point.
Event Date 1/4/2025
Author: Diana Serediuc


FM:326467

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