Charmstone

Museum number:
1-26015
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.605
Object count:
1
Description:
Charmstone, steatite. Middle culture period Alameda district, coastal and bay.
Donor:
William Egbert Schenck
Collection place:
CA-Ala-309, Emeryville, Alameda County
Verbatim coll. place:
Trench 3, 14' N, 11' W, depth 5'7
Culture or time period:
Early/Middle Horizon: Patterson facies (ca. 500–200 BC)
Collector:
Llewellyn Lemont Loud and William Egbert Schenck
Collection date:
January-March 1925
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Charmstones
Accession date:
1925
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-26015, described as Charmstone, steatite. Middle culture period Alameda district, coastal and bay.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-26015, described as Charmstone, steatite. Middle culture period Alameda district, coastal and bay.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Charmstone, accession number 1-26015, described as Charmstone, steatite. Middle culture period Alameda district, coastal and bay.

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