Gorget

Museum number:
1-222379
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010222379
Alternate number:
2295 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1180
Description:
Clam shell, one perforation in one end.
Donor:
James A. Barr and Mrs. James A. Barr
Collection place:
CA-SJo-87, San Joaquin County, California
Collector:
H. H. Barr and James A. Barr
Collection date:
November 15, 1901
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Gorgets (fish hooks)
Accession date:
1956
Context of use:
Burial.
Department:
Associated funerary objects
Comment:
...One has two perforations in one end, the other one. Both were lying face up. In the one with two perforations [378] was found a portion of the wing bone of a bird [380]. In the other [379] was a small bone tool [381]. By the right side was a pestle [382]. Under the skull were six small rocks [383]." Description: "...See #2294
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-222379, described as Clam shell, one perforation in one end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-222379, described as Clam shell, one perforation in one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-222379, described as Clam shell, one perforation in one end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gorget, accession number 1-222379, described as Clam shell, one perforation in one end.

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