Antler

Museum number:
1-16596
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.399
Description:
Antler, from deer. End cut with a saw.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
Deer Creek, Tehama County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tehama; Deer Creek
Culture or time period:
Yana
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
November 1909
Materials:
Antler (material)
Taxon:
Odocoileus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Antlers (animal components)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Perhaps in the process of being made into a tool.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Continued from Proveniece comments, "Waterman visited the abandoned camp site in 1909 and found some further item which he sent to the Museum. (1-16593-16602)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Antler, accession number 1-16596, described as Antler, from deer. End cut with a saw.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Antler, accession number 1-16596, described as Antler, from deer. End cut with a saw.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Antler, accession number 1-16596, described as Antler, from deer. End cut with a saw.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Antler, accession number 1-16596, described as Antler, from deer. End cut with a saw.

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