Ceramic Plug Potsherd

Object/Artifact

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Ceramic Plug Potsherd

Entry/Object ID

A-140

Description

Blackened potsherds. Shaped into rough circle, 3/4 in diameter with deposit of some material along edge. May be a counter or game piece, possible prehistoric American origin.

Acquisition

Accession

76.4.1

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Colorado River

Culture/Tribe

Yuman - Patayan

Notes

Shallow cave between El Dorado (canyon) and Cottonwood Canyon Nevada

Dimensions

Width

5 cm

Length

5 cm

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

Delicate shedding resin. Brown substance on one side, crack on brown substance.

Exhibitions

Notes

Fall 1973, Table Case Mojave Artifacts