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Object Number
2004.29.444
Display Title
21 sandstone bowls
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "California / See over. / [verso] Prof. F. W. Putnam with compliments of H. N. Rust"; (on letter)
So Pa Cal June 18th 1906. Prof Putnam, I regret to hear of your illness and hope to hear better news of you. I have been down for six weeks on a week (?) now. I mail you today photos of my last find 21 sand stone bowls 14 to 20 inches in diameter & 14 to 16 in. deep. Evidently cached for safety not far from San Fernando. My most remarkable find in Cal. (L(?) did not get them). Truly Yours, H. N. Rust / I should have said the pictures were taken on the drive east of my house. My mealing stone a permanent exhibit being on the left. I believe I have the most complete and earliest mealing stones on this coast." [see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Keywords
- Archaeological
- Household
Subject
- Mortar
- Bowl
Department
Photographic
Date
1966
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Californian styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
/
California
Additional Geographic Terms
San Fernando, south of
Dimensions
Overall: 24.77 x 18.42 cm (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
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