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Object Number 2004.29.468
Display Title Soapstone quarry
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "California, Santa Barbara Island / Photos of prehistoric soapstone quarry on Santa Barabara Is. Photos by Dr. H. Kennedy of my party on March 1904. Discovered by Schumacher in 1877. F.W.P. Accounts of this in Peabody Museum Reports and in Wheeler Survey Report."
Keywords
  • Geography
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Quarry
  • Soapstone
Department Photographic
Date March 1904
Artist Dr. Hal Kennedy
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Californian styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Santa Barbara Island
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 8.89 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

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