Fish bone

Museum number:
3-15179
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.956
Description:
Vertebrae of small fishes: Mugil cephalus: Basioccipital; vertebra (five appearing to represent the 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th caudal); Calamus taurinus (?): Vertebra (1st(?) caudal): Cynoscion maedonaldi: Vertebra (2nd, 3rd, and 4th precaudal).
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection place:
Dunes at beach near sloughs northeast of hills, La Choyo, Sonora, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Sonora, Municipio Caborca, La Cholla Bay, face of sand dunes near slough: d. 13-26
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford and William Egbert Schenck
Collection date:
December 29, 1948
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fish bone
Accession date:
1949
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish bone, accession number 3-15179, described as Vertebrae of small fishes: Mugil cephalus: Basioccipital; vertebra (five appearing to represent the 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th caudal); Calamus taurinus (?): Vertebra (1st(?) caudal): Cynoscion maedonaldi: Vertebra (2nd, 3rd, and 4th precaudal).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish bone, accession number 3-15179, described as Vertebrae of small fishes: Mugil cephalus: Basioccipital; vertebra (five appearing to represent the 6th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th caudal); Calamus taurinus (?): Vertebra (1st(?) caudal): Cynoscion maedonaldi: Vertebra (2nd, 3rd, and 4th precaudal).

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