Shaft straightener/smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: AD 500–1860 (Late Holocene to Post-contact period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Southern California: Middle Period and Tongva (archaeological)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1936.
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place: label: Place
content: Little Tujunga Canyon; Los Angeles County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/9231
label: Barcode
content: 189231.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Tools and Equipment (General)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shaft straightener/smoother (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Ground, grooved, drilled