"Neck Ornament" (Sinker)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: STONE PIECE, ROUNDED AT THE CENTER AND NARROWING AT BOTH ENDS, WHICH HAS A HOLE DRILLED AT ONE END. APPEARS TO BE SOME SORT OF SINKER, BUT WAS APPARENTLY CATALOGUED AS A NECK ORNAMENT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THE OLD S.I. LEDGER DESCRIBES THIS AS "IRON ORE".
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies this (in Spanish) as "Adorno pa [may be abbreviation for "para"?] el cuello (Neck ornament)". Adorno = ornament; para = for; cuello = neck or collar. This object seems to be included under the heading in the Peale catalogue of "Native manufactures from St Francisco [San Franciso Mission] California. Presented by Padre Quijas" (presumably Father Jose Lorenzo Quijas). The use of Spanish in the description seems to be confirmation of that.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E2694-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sinker
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 13.3 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.6 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 1.5 cm