Bone tube

Museum number:
1-43741
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2119 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.704
Description:
Made of polished bird bone.
Donor:
Beverly Blackmer and Francesca Blackmer Wigg
Collection place:
NV-Ch-35 (Humboldt Cave), Churchill County, Nevada
Collector:
Alex D. Krieger and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
June 1936
Materials:
Bird bone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bird bones and Bone tubes
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 0.625 inches and length 2 inches
Comment:
The "rat nest" deposits under the dome of the South Alcove seem older than other parts of the cave because of their damp, spongy condition, a very advanced stage of decomposition. Moisture, however, in this part of the cave, has probably caused more rapid decay than elsewhere. Rat dung and acids, acrid from moisture (see page) give the reddish color. "Deep S. Alcove" indicates position under the domed roof, south from the approximate center of the Alcove.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bone tube, accession number 1-43741, described as Made of polished bird bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bone tube, accession number 1-43741, described as Made of polished bird bone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bone tube, accession number 1-43741, described as Made of polished bird bone.

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