Charmstone

Museum number:
1-16583
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.399
Description:
Apparently bifurcated and grooved. Broken.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Churntown (historical), Shasta Lake, Shasta County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Shasta; Churntown
Culture or time period:
Northern Wintun and Wintu
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Charmstones
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1910
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-16583, described as Apparently bifurcated and grooved. Broken.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-16583, described as Apparently bifurcated and grooved. Broken.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-16583, described as Apparently bifurcated and grooved. Broken.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-16583, described as Apparently bifurcated and grooved. Broken.

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