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: Hearst Museum object titled Metate, museum number 2-65926a,b, no description available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Metate fragment, museum number 2-65926a, described as Metate, vesicular basalt. Used by the Paiutes to carry in their pack baskets when going to temporary camps where none would be available.
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: Hearst Museum object titled Metate fragment, museum number 2-65926b, described as Metate; “minimal metate, vasicular basalt; (a) width 13.8 cm (b) width 12.5 cm (joined together, almost complete, form oval with 25 cm).
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