Peg

Museum number:
2-33132
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Alternate number:
G-29
Accession number:
Acc.1331
Description:
Peeled willow peg. Groove cut encircling top; squared base thinned by cutting to a 5 mm thickness. Possibly part of a hinged-stick snare.
Donor:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection place:
NV-Ch-36 (Eastgave Cave), Churchill County, Nevada
Collector:
Albert B. Elsasser and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
Summer 1958
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1960
Context of use:
Possibly part of hinged-stick snare.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Peg, accession number 2-33132, described as Peeled willow peg. Groove cut encircling top; squared base thinned by cutting to a 5 mm thickness. Possibly part of a hinged-stick snare.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Peg, accession number 2-33132, described as Peeled willow peg. Groove cut encircling top; squared base thinned by cutting to a 5 mm thickness. Possibly part of a hinged-stick snare.

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