Gorget

Museum number:
1-221892
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1920 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Banjo.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-83, San Joaquin County, California
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
October 31, 1900
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Gorgets (ornaments)
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Part of burial.
Department:
Unassociated funerary objects
Dimensions:
width 3.875 inches and length 1.5 inches
Comment:
...were on breast and by sides of body...Two small pieces of paint with shells. Six pestles [907-912] found near body. Body lay east and west, head to west. Lay in hard clay at a depth of 3 1/4 feet from surface." Description: "The only one found in the mound.... See #1919
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-221892, described as Banjo.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-221892, described as Banjo.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-221892, described as Banjo.

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