Awl

Museum number:
1-127070
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010127070
Alternate number:
9 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.UCAS-84
Description:
Complete mammal bone awl; highly eburnated at tip; use wear evident nearly the entire length of specimen, most prominently on the distal 2.5cm. L=13.58; max width= 1.0cm.
Donor:
University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
CA-Ama-3 (Bamert Cave), Amador County, California
Collector:
Adán Eduardo Treganza and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
September 1950
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Awls
Accession date:
September 5, 1950
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #82: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (February 11, 1971–April 20, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 1-127070, described as Complete mammal bone awl; highly eburnated at tip; use wear evident nearly the entire length of specimen, most prominently on the distal 2.5cm. L=13.58; max width= 1.0cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 1-127070, described as Complete mammal bone awl; highly eburnated at tip; use wear evident nearly the entire length of specimen, most prominently on the distal 2.5cm. L=13.58; max width= 1.0cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 1-127070, described as Complete mammal bone awl; highly eburnated at tip; use wear evident nearly the entire length of specimen, most prominently on the distal 2.5cm. L=13.58; max width= 1.0cm.

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