Modified bone

Museum number:
1-24325
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010024325
Alternate number:
1056/3756 (field number) and 15-21188 (associated catalog number, photo)
Accession number:
Acc.328
Description:
splintered bone fragment, with circular perforation near one end.
Donor:
Eustace L. Furlong and John Campbell Merriam
Collection place:
CA-Sha-48 (Potter's Creek Cave), Shasta County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Section 6; 40"-50" inches deep
Collector:
Eustace L. Furlong and William J. Sinclair
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Evidence of the Work of Man on Objects from Quaternary Caves in California F. W. Putnam American Anthropologist , New Series, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1906) , pp. 229-235
Loans:
S1962-1963 #53: Bernisches Historisches Museum/H. Muller-Beck (November 27, 1962–May 20, 1963) and S1970-1971 #101: California State University, Sacramento/Sam Payen (March 12, 1971–May 25, 1971)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Modified bone, accession number 1-24325, described as splintered bone fragment, with circular perforation near one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Modified bone, accession number 1-24325, described as splintered bone fragment, with circular perforation near one end.

Tools