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Object Number
2004.29.433
Display Title
Various stone implements - most probably used as spindle whorls or weights
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "California / [verso] Miscelaneous. / I. Spindle Whorls or Weights for distension of thread / 1.Klamath River Cal. 2. Shell Mound, Alameda Co. 3.(Polished Licuite) from Lackee Cal 4. Klamath River 5. Alameda Co. 6. Ditto 7. Santa Rosa Island. Remainder of Plate, Oregon Shell Mounds. Sat. 42.05 & 42.15"
Keywords
- Weight and Measure
- Manufacture and General Utility
- Archaeological
Subject
- Whorl
- weight
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Californian styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
[1 & 4] Klamath River; [2] Shell Mounds, Alamada; [5] Alamada Co.; [7] Santa Ros
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 19.69 x 15.88 cm (7 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.2320 | Flaked stone points from Oregon shell mounds |
Oregon
| ||
| 68-13-40/3301 | Two net-weights & casts of the same |
Complete Vessel
|
Lombardy
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Earthen spindle weights
| 71-19-40/5032 | Earthen spindle weights |
Ceramic
|
Switzerland
| |
| 68-13-40/3239 | Weights of stone for nets |
Spindle whorl
|
Robenhausen
| |
| 71-19-40/5032.1 | Earthen spindle weights |
Spindle whorl
|
Switzerland
| |
| 2004.29.429 | Bow and arrow, stone pestles, pipe and other objects |
Oregon
Anaheim | ||
| 58-34-20/41554 | Serpent ring of plumbate ware (cat.# A-164) and spindle whorls, whistle frags. f |
Finca El Paraiso
| ||
| 42-12-30/3538 | Metal spindle whorls |
Bead
Raw Material |
Huarmey
| |
| 2004.29.421 | Two spear or lane heads made of obsidian found in auriferous gravel |
Mariposa County
| ||
| 46-77-30/9048 | Necklace, various beads |
Bead
|
Hacienda Humaya
| |
|
Image Not Available
for 5 clay spindle whorls
| 46-77-30/8781 | 5 clay spindle whorls |
Bead
|
Peru
| |
| 46-77-30/6772 | Spindle whorl |
Ornament
|
Nazca
|