Ornament

Museum number:
L-18805
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.806
Description:
Abalone ornament. ("Obsidian projectile spear point" crossed out and "Abalone ornament" added in pencil).
Donor:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento County Board of Education
Collection place:
CA-Sac-60 (Hicks 1), Sacramento County, California
Culture or time period:
Middle/Late Horizon Transition: Calhoun facies (700–900 AD)
Collector:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento Junior College Field Party
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
February 16, 1942
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Late culture period Cosumnes district, interior valley and delta region, Augustin pattern. Name: Edra Moore Central California Archaeology Type Phase: Transitional Calhoun facies. "Transition" written in "Tribe" column in ledger and crossed out in pencil. "Found" written in next to cat. number in ledger, refers to handwritten note in the front of the first volume of the Lillard ledger. The note reads: "Started checking specimens present in collection at U.C.M.A. on 3/8/50. Those present are marked "found" in back of catalogue number. W. Pendry".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number L-18805, described as Abalone ornament. ("Obsidian projectile spear point" crossed out and "Abalone ornament" added in pencil).

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