Sinker (fishing)

Museum number:
1-17717
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
SC (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.443
Description:
Similar to cylindrical square end type of pestle, but had an encircling groove in center. Rhyolite tuff.
Donor:
Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection place:
NV-Ch-12 (Granite Point Cave), Churchill County, Nevada
Collector:
Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection date:
April 1-August 1, 1912
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ground stone, Pestles, and Sinkers (fishing)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 24, 1912
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.25 inches and diameter 3.125 inches
Comment:
AAE 25, plate 64, a
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 1-17717, described as Similar to cylindrical square end type of pestle, but had an encircling groove in center. Rhyolite tuff.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 1-17717, described as Similar to cylindrical square end type of pestle, but had an encircling groove in center. Rhyolite tuff.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 1-17717, described as Similar to cylindrical square end type of pestle, but had an encircling groove in center. Rhyolite tuff.

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