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Start Over Object class Grinding stones Donor Alaska Commercial Company Culture or time period American cultures
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 2-4040, described as Unworked granite, cylindrical; signs of use at both rounded ends.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 2-5776, described as Wooden pestle.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 2-6323, described as Wooden pestle; red-stained wood with incised black bands. Actually this is a replica - see 2-5776.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 2-5777, described as Antler pestle, slightly carved; probably archaeological.
Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 2-4038, described as Basalt pestle, ground; cylindrical shape with wide, disc-like base, cylindrical shaft (grip) and flange near top.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Snuff box, accession number 2-4649, described as Tobacco mortar used in snuff-manufacture. Round carved wooden container with encircling grooves and inlay of ivory rounds. Old split. wood carved with concentric ring; mother-of-pearl insets around rim and sides, many now lost. Wood cracked along side; lid lost.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Snuff-making machine, accession number 2-5712a-c, described as Snuff-making machine in three pieces: cup, measure or drum, and stick (wooden); a) pestle, wood with red bands; b) sieve (not yet pierced), bentwood with parchment-like "head"; handle of red-stained wood; c) wood mortar with red ornamentation,dipper shape

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