Flint

Museum number:
1-10608a-e
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.203
Description:
Pieces of flint.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Higgins Ranch, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Higgins Ranch
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
Used for making arrows and drill points.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
It was from this outcropping of flint, which the Indians used for making arrow and drill points, that hte village took its name.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flint, accession number 1-10608a-e, described as Pieces of flint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flint, accession number 1-10608a-e, described as Pieces of flint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flint, accession number 1-10608a-e, described as Pieces of flint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flint, accession number 1-10608a-e, described as Pieces of flint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flint, accession number 1-10608a-e, described as Pieces of flint.

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