Plugged wooden tube with twig projecting from end. According to Richard F. Ambro, "Segment of a small branch; scored and snapped at each end; a twig inserted into the pithy interior of this tubular piece of wood; possibly reflecting an effort to drill out the pithy contents; Bark removed; surface smoothed; material unidentified; possibly Sambucus (elderberry). Length: 766.9 mm including exotic twig; diameter: 17.1 mm.
Donor:
University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
CA-Ama-3 (Bamert Cave), Amador County, California
Collector:
Adán Eduardo Treganza and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
April 1950
Taxon:
Sambucus
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
May 1, 1950
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #82: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (February 11, 1971–April 20, 1973)