Spear point

Museum number:
L-18277
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210l0018277
Alternate number:
L-18277 (burial number)
Accession number:
Acc.806
Description:
Obsidian spear point in 6 cervical vertebrae.
Donor:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento County Board of Education
Collection place:
CA-Sac-66 (Morse Mound), Sacramento County, California
Collector:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento Junior College Field Party
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Accession date:
February 16, 1942
Context of use:
Burial ?
Department:
Human remains
Comment:
Piece count based on description. "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".
Loans:
S1969-1970 #119: University of California, Davis/Jerald Jay Johnson (April 24, 1970–November 8, 1971) and S1973-1974 #108: City of Sacramento, Department of Parks and Community Services (June 11, 1974–June 28, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number L-18277, described as Obsidian spear point in 6 cervical vertebrae.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number L-18277, described as Obsidian spear point in 6 cervical vertebrae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number L-18277, described as Obsidian spear point in 6 cervical vertebrae.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number L-18277, described as Obsidian spear point in 6 cervical vertebrae.

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