Whetstone

Museum number:
1-24335
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Accession number:
Acc.100EF
Description:
Whetstone for bone awls.
Donor:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection place:
Eyeyaku (historical village), Tuolumne County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tuolumne; Eyeyaku
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Edward W. Gifford
Collection date:
June 1923
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Whetstones
Accession date:
June 13, 1923
Context of use:
Used to sharpen bone awls.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-8274. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. V. 2, pl. 60.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Whetstone, accession number 1-24335, described as Whetstone for bone awls.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whetstone, accession number 1-24335, described as Whetstone for bone awls.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whetstone, accession number 1-24335, described as Whetstone for bone awls.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Whetstone, accession number 1-24335, described as Whetstone for bone awls.

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