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Object Number 04-28-10/64036
Display Title Perforated stone sinker
Descriptions
Inventory Description Sinker, ground stone, ovate, large center perforation, grooved at top, worn
Classification
  • Sinker
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yurok
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 8.1 x 7.9 x 3.4 cm (3 3/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64036
Provenance
Provenance Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)
Collector Dr. Alfred Louis Kroeber (1902)

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