AD 1000–1850 (Late Holocene to Post-contact period)
Culture/People
possibly Central California: Late Period (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Previous owner
J. B. Lewis, Non-Indian
Collection History
Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of J.B. Lewis (possibly John Bacon Lewis [1825-1909] who operated a museum in Petaluma, California, and sold artifacts); purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in 1915.
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