Pestle

Museum number:
1-9907
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009907
Alternate number:
11 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Jackson Rancheria, Jackson, Amador County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Amador; Miwok Reservation
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Almost all Miwok pestles are simply cobbles of proper shape and size selected from the auriferous gravels which abound throughout the area. No working into shape is required.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Pestle, accession number 1-9907, described as Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Pestle, accession number 1-9907, described as Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Pestle, accession number 1-9907, described as Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Pestle, accession number 1-9907, described as Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9907, described as Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9907, described as Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9907, described as Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9907, described as Old granite pestle of native cobble, much worn at ends.

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