Mortar

Museum number:
2-3959
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003959
Alternate number:
x-105 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of whalebone.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. George Island, Pribilof Islands, Aleutians West Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; St. George Island
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
J. C. Redpath
Collection date:
September 1881
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.

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