Earplug

Museum number:
1-141868
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3 (burial number)
Accession number:
Acc.UCAS-356
Description:
Ear plug or ear spool. Made with stone. Yellow, with perforated shell overlay.
Donor:
University Appropriation and University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
CA-CCo-14, El Sobrante, Contra Costa County
Culture or time period:
Middle Horizon: Sherwood facies (ca. 200–400 AD)
Collector:
Albert B. Elsasser and James Allan Bennyhoff
Collection date:
April 11-14, 1955
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Earplugs (ear ornaments)
Accession date:
May 13, 1955
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Earplug, accession number 1-141868, described as Ear plug or ear spool. Made with stone. Yellow, with perforated shell overlay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earplug, accession number 1-141868, described as Ear plug or ear spool. Made with stone. Yellow, with perforated shell overlay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Earplug, accession number 1-141868, described as Ear plug or ear spool. Made with stone. Yellow, with perforated shell overlay.

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