Pestle

Museum number:
1-20836
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
287 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.511
Description:
Ground stone; tapering cylinder; ringed near distal end; flange near proximal end; worn at distal end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Eureka, Humboldt County, California
Culture or time period:
Northwestern California tribes
Collector:
Edwin Lincoln McLeod and E. L. McLeod Memorial Collection
Collection date:
1893-1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 38.5 centimeters and 7.1 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-20836, described as Ground stone; tapering cylinder; ringed near distal end; flange near proximal end; worn at distal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-20836, described as Ground stone; tapering cylinder; ringed near distal end; flange near proximal end; worn at distal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-20836, described as Ground stone; tapering cylinder; ringed near distal end; flange near proximal end; worn at distal end.

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