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Shaft straightener/smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
Date created
AD 500–1850 (Late Holocene to Post-contact period)
Culture/People
possibly Southern California: Late Period (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector
Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
Collection History
Excavated in 1902 by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI); purchased by MAI from Edward H. Davis in 1917.
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Place
Grave; Mataguay (Matawhy, Mat-Why), Santa Ysabel Reservation (Volcan Reservation); San Diego County; California; USA
See related items
Southern California: Late Period (archaeological culture)
Tools and Equipment (General)
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
6/5482
Barcode
065482.000
Object Type
Tools and Equipment (General)
Object Name
Shaft straightener/smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Grooved, incised
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws69e07d3cd-78ff-496b-8442-9a2eda4506cb
Record ID
NMAI_70752