Tanning stone

Museum number:
1-12906
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012906
Alternate number:
1658 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Pumice stone used on tanning hides (choke).
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tanning stone, accession number 1-12906, described as Pumice stone used on tanning hides (choke).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tanning stone, accession number 1-12906, described as Pumice stone used on tanning hides (choke).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tanning stone, accession number 1-12906, described as Pumice stone used on tanning hides (choke).

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