Small cigar shaped piece of antler. Used in flaking obsidian
Donor:
Ishi
Collection place:
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collection date:
1912
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1914 and 1915
Context of use:
Used in flaking obsidian.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Published: AAE 13; pl 27, fig 5 AR 3:2 Fig 25, p. 237.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964), S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966), S1969-1970 #64: California State University, Chico (December 31, 1969–August 31, 1970), and S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)