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A Carved Antler Human Face from Umatilla, Oregon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Robert F. Heizer
Robert F. Heizer*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, California
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Extract

In the Lillard Collection primarily comprising archaeological materials from California now permanently housed in the University of California Museum of Anthropology, is a prehistoric artifact from Oregon which deserves special mention.

The specimen (Fig. 48) which is broken now measures 8.1 cm. in length, 3.7 cm. in width and 8 cm. in thickness. In cross section it is slightly curved from the natural contour of the original material. The inner convexity bears traces of the interior spongy or cancellous material of the antler.

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American Antiquity , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , July 1952 , pp. 68
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1952

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