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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Anvil, accession number 1-4312, described as Anvil or cobble of stone. Triangular shape with rounded edges. Flat on one side, more convex on other.
Hearst Museum object titled Beans, accession number 2-17267, described as White and brown teparys, round type.
Hearst Museum object titled Ceramic fragments, accession number 1-66547, described as Potsherd, Colorado Stucco, (northern type)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Chisel, accession number 1-4303, described as Quartzite fragment; used to roughen metate
Hearst Museum object titled Corn, accession number 2-17270, described as White corn kernels. Majority of sample destroyed by rats in Geography.
Hearst Museum object titled Corn cob, accession number 2-17269, described as Ear of dented white corn with pink blush, 14 rows, flour, deep grained. Reduced butt, med. stem.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fish stringer, accession number 1-4352, described as Slightly curved willow stick, pointed at one end, less so at other. Has string binding; the string is composed of 2 strands of twisted fiber, twisted again to make a cord; bound to stick with same fiber.
Hearst Museum object titled Fish stringer, accession number 1-1752, described as Implements for stringing fish. Two sticks, pointed at one end, connected by a braided rope which is lashed to upper portion of sticks by cotton thread.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fish stringer, accession number 1-4359, described as Slightly curved wooden stick, each end sharply pointed. Bound with string which is composed of three strands each and tightly twisted threads of cotton fiber. The 3 strands are twisted into a cord, bound to the stick with cotton string. Willow.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 1-13875, described as Small mouthed pottery water jar. Painted with design resembling fish net. The maker is an old Chemehuevi woman born in Chemehuevi valley and married to a man half Chemehuevi and half Mohave by birth, with whom she lives in Mohave Valley. Many years ago she made this piece, which was her first and last attempt at pottery. It is much flatter than corresponding Mohave pieces.

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