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Acorns and corn
Object Number 28-3-10/97121
Display Title Acorns and corn
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, floral remain, nuts
Classification
  • Nut
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Catron County / <City> / Cave 4
Intrasite Cave 9
Additional Geographic Terms Table Top Mountain; San Francisco Drainage
Materials Nut
Dimensions Overall: 1.6 x 1 x 1 cm (5/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 11
Label on object 97121
Credit Line Peabody Museum Expedition, C. B. Cosgrove Sr and H.S. Cosgrove, Directors, 1928.
Provenance
Collector Cornelius Burton (Burt) Cosgrove Sr.
Collector Harriet S. Cosgrove
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition

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