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1. Acorn cracker

Museum number:: 1-16547
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Acorn crackers
Function:: 1.5 Household
Collector:: Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:: Baird (historic place), Shasta County, California
Collection date:: November 1910

2. Anvil

Museum number:: 1-27972
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Acorn anvils
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Cora Alice DuBois
Collection place:: North Central California
Collection date:: unknown

3. Arrow polisher

Museum number:: 1-28013
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Arrow shaft smoothers
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Cora Alice DuBois
Collection place:: North Central California
Collection date:: unknown

4. Arrow straightener

Museum number:: 1-27962
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Arrow straighteners
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Cora Alice DuBois
Collection place:: North Central California
Collection date:: unknown

5. Blade

Museum number:: 1-16584
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Blades (stone tools)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: length 19.1 centimeters and width 4.1 centimeters
Collector:: Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:: Salt Creek, Shasta County, California
Collection date:: November 1910

6. Charmstone

Museum number:: 1-16582
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Charmstones
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:: Churntown (historical), Shasta Lake, Shasta County
Collection date:: November 1910

7. Hammerstone

Museum number:: 1-27973
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Hammerstones
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Collector:: Cora Alice DuBois
Collection place:: North Central California
Collection date:: unknown

8. Knife fragment

Museum number:: 1-27965
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Knives (stone tools)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: length 11.2 centimeters
Collector:: Cora Alice DuBois
Collection place:: North Central California
Collection date:: unknown

9. Knife fragment

Museum number:: 1-27966
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Knives (stone tools)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: length 8.9 centimeters
Collector:: Cora Alice DuBois
Collection place:: North Central California
Collection date:: unknown

10. Knife fragment

Museum number:: 1-27967
Culture or time period:: Northern Wintun and Wintu
Object class:: Knives (stone tools)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: length 18.5 centimeters
Collector:: Cora Alice DuBois
Collection place:: North Central California
Collection date:: unknown