Scraper

Museum number:
1-79959
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1037
Description:
Chert scraper or point reject. Medium sized side struck flake; greenstone struck from interior of a core; ventral and dorsal faces exhibit marginal retouch; two generations of flaking evident; younger scars invading older patinated scars; poss. crude projectile point or scraping tool. Does not appear to be chert.
Donor:
Found in Collections (FIC), Robert Fleming Heizer, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
CA-Mrp-13, Mariposa County, California
Collector:
Nancy Elizabeth Jenkins and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
June 1948
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Scrapers (finishing tools)
Accession date:
1951
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 1-79959, described as Chert scraper or point reject. Medium sized side struck flake; greenstone struck from interior of a core; ventral and dorsal faces exhibit marginal retouch; two generations of flaking evident; younger scars invading older patinated scars; poss. crude projectile point or scraping tool. Does not appear to be chert.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 1-79959, described as Chert scraper or point reject. Medium sized side struck flake; greenstone struck from interior of a core; ventral and dorsal faces exhibit marginal retouch; two generations of flaking evident; younger scars invading older patinated scars; poss. crude projectile point or scraping tool. Does not appear to be chert.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scraper, accession number 1-79959, described as Chert scraper or point reject. Medium sized side struck flake; greenstone struck from interior of a core; ventral and dorsal faces exhibit marginal retouch; two generations of flaking evident; younger scars invading older patinated scars; poss. crude projectile point or scraping tool. Does not appear to be chert.

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