Barbs

Museum number:
1-24320
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010024320
Accession number:
Acc.100EB
Description:
Bone, probably split from the humerus or ulna of a pelican. 50 or more barbs, from which samples were taken, were wrapped in a fragment of deer skin.
Donor:
I. P. Richardson
Collection place:
NV-Ch-18 (Lovelock Cave), Churchill County, Nevada
Collector:
I. P. Richardson
Collection date:
January 1923
Taxon:
Pelecaniformes
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
January 15, 1923
Context of use:
For fish hooks.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 1 grams
Loans:
S1965-1966 #17: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert Fleming Heizer (September 20, 1965–June 27, 1966)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Barbs, accession number 1-24320, described as Bone, probably split from the humerus or ulna of a pelican. 50 or more barbs, from which samples were taken, were wrapped in a fragment of deer skin.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Barbs, accession number 1-24320, described as Bone, probably split from the humerus or ulna of a pelican. 50 or more barbs, from which samples were taken, were wrapped in a fragment of deer skin.

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