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Object Number
2004.29.411
Display Title
Stone mortar found with other stone relics and fossil mastodon
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "California / Fig. 9.---Stone Mortar, (half nat. size) found in 1861, with other stone relics, and Fossil Mastadon, elephants, camel and horse remains, imbedded in auriferous gravel, about 16 feet below the surface, at Kincaid Flat, Tuolumne County, California. / From Heirs of Prof. J. D. Whitney / [Now in C. D. Voy's Cabinet, University of California, Oakland.]"
Keywords
- Archaeological
- Household
Subject
- Mortar
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Pre-Columbian Californian styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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California
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Tuolumne County
Additional Geographic Terms
Kincaid Flat
Materials
Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 13.97 x 19.69 cm (5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
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