Human remains, basketry, cordage and grass

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
1-164170a-g
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2101164170a@2dg
Alternate number:
1-164170 (burial number), 12-8313 (previous museum number (recataloged from)), and 1 (burial number)
Accession number:
Acc.UCAS-89
Description:
Burial preserve intact: a) Partially mummified body of child about 7 years old; b) Coiled basketry; c) Two halves of twined burden basket; d) Tule reed mat; e) Milkweed cordage; f) Grass from lining of burial; g) fractured stone. Recataloged from 12-8313.
Donor:
University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
CA-Ama-3 (Bamert Cave), Amador County, California
Collector:
Adán Eduardo Treganza, Robert Fleming Heizer, and Salem Rice
Collection date:
October 1950
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Baskets (containers), Coiled weaving, and Twined weaving
Accession date:
October 3, 1950
Context of use:
Burial preserved intact.
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Dimensions:
b)— diameter 29.5 centimeters, d)— length 45 centimeters, c)— width 60 centimeters, and d)— width 34 centimeters
Comment:
Possibly human remains are still catalogued with 12-8313. Published: Heizer, R.F. and T.R. Hester, "The Archaeology of Bamert Cave, Amador County, Calif.", Archaeological Research Facility Dept. of Anthropology, UC Berkeley, 1973. Card found filed behind Faunal Remains divider card.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #82: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (February 11, 1971–April 20, 1973)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human remains, basketry, cordage and grass, accession number 1-164170a-g, described as Burial preserve intact: a) Partially mummified body of child about 7 years old; b) Coiled basketry; c) Two halves of twined burden basket; d) Tule reed mat; e) Milkweed cordage; f) Grass from lining of burial; g) fractured stone. Recataloged from 12-8313.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Human remains, basketry, cordage and grass, accession number 1-164170a-g, described as Burial preserve intact: a) Partially mummified body of child about 7 years old; b) Coiled basketry; c) Two halves of twined burden basket; d) Tule reed mat; e) Milkweed cordage; f) Grass from lining of burial; g) fractured stone. Recataloged from 12-8313.

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