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Object Number 46-73-10/54593
Display Title Stone ceremonial object-fetish, banded, cobble; quartzitic stone; 9.6 x 7.0 x 5.
Descriptions
Object Description Stone ceremonial object-fetish, banded, cobble; quartzitic stone; 9.6 x 7.0 x 5.4 cm.
Inventory Description Stones, one a conglomerate of grey pebbles in sand colored matrix, and one multi
Classification
  • Raw Material
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Salado Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Maricopa County / <City> / Los Muertos
Intrasite Ruin XX
Additional Geographic Terms Salt River Valley; Salado, Lower
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.9 x 9.3 x 5.5 cm (4 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 2 3/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 46-73-10/54593/ 4598
Provenance
Provenance Frank Hamilton Cushing (1886-1889)
Provenance Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (1886-1889)
Collector Frank Hamilton Cushing (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (11/15/1946)

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Polishing stone
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Image Not Available for Stone ceremonial object-fetish, utilized?, banded cobble, 1 end possibly finely
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Ground Stone
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Polishing stone
Los Muertos
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46-73-10/54626 Stone ceremonial object-fetish, irregular, spherical cobble, unmodified; conglom
Raw Material
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46-73-10/54617 Stone ceremonial object-fetish, cobble, conglomerate; quartzite nodule within gr
Raw Material
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Raw Material
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Image Not Available for Irregular core, small cobble. flaked quartzitic stone. 8.6 x 6.4 x 4.7 cm.
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Core
Los Muertos
Image Not Available for Core-possible hammerstone; cobble, flaked on both ends. stone. 10.8 x 7.0 x 6.0
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Core
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Abrading Stone
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Stone ceremonial object-fetish, cobble with three nodes; brown-gray stone; 8.2 x
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Raw Material
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Adze
Los Muertos
Core. made from supposed "fetish". banded cobble. unifacial flaking off one plat
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Core
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