Steatite vessel

Museum number:
1-255189a
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3747
Description:
Steatite vessel (a) with four beads (b-e); alleged to have been found in burial of Native American female on Huntington Beach with beads inside but this is questionable- spherical vessel with groove incised around rim, thermally affected, the beads are all tubular and have recent scars as from excavation, ht. (a)= 23.5 cm, ml. (b)= 6.8 cm, ml. (c)= 2.8 cm, ml. (d)= 5.2 cm, ml. (e)= 3.3 cm.
Donor:
Head Family
Collection place:
near Alpaugh, Tulare County, California
Collector:
A. F. Mayer
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Vessels (containers)
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Steatite vessel, accession number 1-255189a, described as Steatite vessel (a) with four beads (b-e); alleged to have been found in burial of Native American female on Huntington Beach with beads inside but this is questionable- spherical vessel with groove incised around rim, thermally affected, the beads are all tubular and have recent scars as from excavation, ht. (a)= 23.5 cm, ml. (b)= 6.8 cm, ml. (c)= 2.8 cm, ml. (d)= 5.2 cm, ml. (e)= 3.3 cm.

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