Ear spool

Museum number:
1-255072
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3747
Description:
Ear spools: ground stone disks with concave sides & groove around circumference, all are battered- some of these scars are fresh. All are of steatite and are approximately the same size. diameter 5.3 cm. , width 2 cm.
Donor:
Head Family
Collection place:
near Alpaugh, Tulare County, California
Collector:
A. F. Mayer
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ear spools (ear ornaments)
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ear spool, accession number 1-255072, described as Ear spools: ground stone disks with concave sides & groove around circumference, all are battered- some of these scars are fresh. All are of steatite and are approximately the same size. diameter 5.3 cm. , width 2 cm.

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