Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology

A cast bronze sword grip in the shape of a crouching lion was excavated from the north side of the creek at Smuggler's Cove (Site 138) by Ronald Olson during his 1928 excavations on Santa Cruz Island (Fig. 1). This unusual artifact came from "Pit K" at a depth of 18 inches. It is now housed at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology, Univ. of California, Berkeley.