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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