Mano fragment

Museum number:
2-58185
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
53 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.2987
Description:
No description given on catalog card. Per accession file: Mano fragment made of an ovate shped tabular piece of granitic rock similar to 2-58136. One surface has been ground smooth, probably through use. This speciman has been exposed to some degree of heat as it is partially blackened on a large portion of the working face.
Donor:
Colin L. Busby, Lee Spencer, Robert Fleming Heizer, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
NV-Hu-583, Humboldt County, Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
Salvage from back dirt
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
1973
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ground stone and Manos (food mills)
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
thickness 40.5 millimeters, weight 455 grams, width 69 millimeters, and length 100 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mano fragment, accession number 2-58185, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession file: Mano fragment made of an ovate shped tabular piece of granitic rock similar to 2-58136. One surface has been ground smooth, probably through use. This speciman has been exposed to some degree of heat as it is partially blackened on a large portion of the working face.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mano fragment, accession number 2-58185, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession file: Mano fragment made of an ovate shped tabular piece of granitic rock similar to 2-58136. One surface has been ground smooth, probably through use. This speciman has been exposed to some degree of heat as it is partially blackened on a large portion of the working face.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mano fragment, accession number 2-58185, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession file: Mano fragment made of an ovate shped tabular piece of granitic rock similar to 2-58136. One surface has been ground smooth, probably through use. This speciman has been exposed to some degree of heat as it is partially blackened on a large portion of the working face.

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