1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Used in smoothing pottery while drying before baking. This small stone was in this case rubbed upon 10886 and the white dust which resulted was rubbed onto the surface of the pot, either with the finger or with this small stone, the purpose being to
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 2.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: See 1-10874. 10874-10879, 10882-10892 and 10894-10898 constitute the materials, implements, and the models of pottery..to illustrate the process of making coiled pottery vessels and pottery pipes