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21 huge bowls chiseled out of sandstone
21 huge bowls chiseled out of sandstone
Object Number 2004.29.442
Display Title 21 huge bowls chiseled out of sandstone
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "California / Crandall, Pasadena / See over / [verso] Prof. A. L. Kroebe with compliments of H. N. Rust. / Bowls from 14 to 20 inches wide and about 15 inches deep / (in newsprint) A gentleman by the name of Hunt, living about a mile south of San Fernando, recently made a very important archaelogical find, his plow striking the treasures while he was plowing. Major Horation N. Rust, of this city, has secured the entire find, consisting of twenty-one huge bowls chiseled out of solid sand stone. It is expected that we will be able to publish a halftone engraving of these curios in our next issue, when we will give as full a description of them as possible. When the American people are searching the ruins of Pompei for lost art treasures, they are entirely overlooking the very rich home field, it would seem."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
Department Photographic
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Californian styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / <County> / <City> / farm of Hunt
Additional Geographic Terms about a mile south of San Fernando
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 24.13 x 18.42 cm (9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)

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