Contact the Asian American Comparative Collection (Priscilla Wegars) at the
University of Idaho.

http://webpages.uidaho.edu/aacc/
Asian American Comparative Collection (AACC)
University of Idaho <http://www.uidaho.edu/>
875 Perimeter Drive, MS 1111
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1111 USA
208-885-7075
Priscilla Wegars, Ph.D., Volunteer Curator
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Send me drawing or verbal descriptions of the cartridge head stamps, with
measurements in 0.000 inches on the cartridge rims, bases, and mouths,
and I will ID the cartridges for you and provide references..  :-)

Your first photo of an iron stake and ring looks like a picket pin.


On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Emily S Dale <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> I am currently working on a collection from Chinese woodcutting camps in
> Nevada dating between the 1870s and 1920s and am having some trouble
> identifying some artifacts. The artifacts were collected by a
> non-archaeologist in the 1960s and donated to the Forest Service, meaning
> they have no real context to help identify the function of the artifacts.
> If you have some time and would like to help, I created a photobucket album
> of the artifacts in question (there are about 37 pictures of about 22
> artifacts that need identification). Most need a basic "What Am I?" ID, but
> there are a few pieces of ceramics that I don't know the name of the
> pattern for, which would also help. If you recognize anything, please let
> me know, citing the Catalog Number in the picture name. If you have a
> citation for an artifact, please let me know that as well. I appreciate any
> help you can provide!
>
> Emily Dale
>
> Album Link:
> http://s1053.photobucket.com/user/edaleunr/library/Artifacts%20to%20Identify
>
> The password is archaeology
>



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