Spherical/ball-shaped object (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000 BC–1850 (Middle Holocene to Post-contact period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Central California: Early Period, Middle Period, and Late Period
label: Previous owner
content: Don Louis Antonio Arguello, Non-Indian, 1784-1830
label: Previous owner
content: Rita Arguello Barron (Mrs. George H. Barron), Non-Indian, ca. 1854-1922
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Henry Clarkson Meredith (H. C. Meredith), Non-Indian, 1861-1908
label: Previous owner
content: Henry K. Deisher (H. K. Deisher), Non-Indian, 1867-1951
label: Seller
content: Henry K. Deisher (H. K. Deisher), Non-Indian, 1867-1951
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Don Louis Antonio Arguello (1784-1830, governor of California in the 1820s); inherited by his granddaughter Rita Arguello Barron (ca. 1854-1922); purchased by Reverend Henry Clarkson Meredith (1861-1908, a collector and amateur archaeologist in the Stockton, California, area) from Rita Barron in 1903; purchased by Henry K. Deisher (1867-1951, the owner of a textile mill in Kutztown, Pennsylvania) from Reverend Meredith in 1903; purchased by George Heye from Henry Deisher in 1915.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Santa Clara; Santa Clara County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Unknown Function
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4/2679
label: Barcode
content: 042679.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Unknown Function
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Spherical/ball-shaped object (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground