Sinker (fishing)

Museum number:
1-45527
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010045527
Alternate number:
L11898 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.500EX
Description:
Spool-shaped, baked clay, with tule (Scirpus Lacustris) impressions. Per Lillard ledger: "Baked clay sinker". Recataloged from L-L11898.
Donor:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento Junior College
Collection place:
CA-Sac-29 (King Brown Mound), Sacramento, Sacramento County
Collector:
Jeremiah B. Lillard and Sacramento Junior College
Collection date:
1936
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Baked clay and baked clay objects (object genre) and Sinkers (fishing)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
February 24, 1937
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 1.1875 inches and length 43 millimeters
Comment:
Behind "Sac. 29 & 30" header. Per Lillard ledger: "Collector's no.: 1-45527 Ledger remark: "Given to U. of C. Feb 24/37".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 1-45527, described as Spool-shaped, baked clay, with tule (Scirpus Lacustris) impressions. Per Lillard ledger: "Baked clay sinker". Recataloged from L-L11898.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 1-45527, described as Spool-shaped, baked clay, with tule (Scirpus Lacustris) impressions. Per Lillard ledger: "Baked clay sinker". Recataloged from L-L11898.

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