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Worked soapstone from soapstone quarry
Worked soapstone from soapstone quarry
Object Number 2004.29.470
Display Title Worked soapstone from soapstone quarry
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "California, Santa Barbara Island / Worked pieces of steatite from the quarry / 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
  • Worked and Unspecified Material
  • Archaeological
Subject
  • Worked Stone
Department Photographic
Artist Dr. Hal Kennedy
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Californian styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / Santa Barbara Island
Materials Silver gelatin print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 x 8.89 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)

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