Plummet

Museum number:
1-222608
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010222608
Alternate number:
1056 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Plummet".
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-139, San Joaquin County, California
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
March 1898
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Plummets (ground stone)
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
...cylindrical objects [620-627], one leaf shaped implement [629], two bone hook shaped objects (one broken) [628 and 630], two shell ornaments [631-632], and seven shell beads [633], were found by the skeleton of an adult." Description: "...The find represented a half day's work by HHBarr in March, 1898. On the preceding day, Rev. H.C. Meredith found 51 of the hook-shaped objects with other relics with a skeleton in the same mound as described in Prehistoric Implements, page 272." Published: Prehistoric Implements, p. 272.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Plummet, accession number 1-222608, described as Plummet".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plummet, accession number 1-222608, described as Plummet".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plummet, accession number 1-222608, described as Plummet".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plummet, accession number 1-222608, described as Plummet".

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