Discoidal

Museum number:
1-255099
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3747
Description:
Perforated stone discs (or discoidals): all are ground and drilled unless otherwise noted. They very in size, shape and type of stone, and are smaller than those previously labeled “discoidals”. Disc; somewhat irregular, flattened upper and lower surfaces with blunt edges, grooves in one side, alabaster-like rock, diameter = 3.5 cm.
Donor:
Head Family
Collection place:
near Alpaugh, Tulare County, California
Collector:
A. F. Mayer
Object type:
archaeology
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Discoidal, accession number 1-255099, described as Perforated stone discs (or discoidals): all are ground and drilled unless otherwise noted. They very in size, shape and type of stone, and are smaller than those previously labeled “discoidals”. Disc; somewhat irregular, flattened upper and lower surfaces with blunt edges, grooves in one side, alabaster-like rock, diameter = 3.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Discoidal, accession number 1-255099, described as Perforated stone discs (or discoidals): all are ground and drilled unless otherwise noted. They very in size, shape and type of stone, and are smaller than those previously labeled “discoidals”. Disc; somewhat irregular, flattened upper and lower surfaces with blunt edges, grooves in one side, alabaster-like rock, diameter = 3.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Discoidal, accession number 1-255099, described as Perforated stone discs (or discoidals): all are ground and drilled unless otherwise noted. They very in size, shape and type of stone, and are smaller than those previously labeled “discoidals”. Disc; somewhat irregular, flattened upper and lower surfaces with blunt edges, grooves in one side, alabaster-like rock, diameter = 3.5 cm.

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