Temper

Museum number:
1-4326
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1573 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Small granite rock. Used as a mix with clay in the production of pottery.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Materials:
Granite (rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used as a mix with clay in the production of pottery.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 2.8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Temper, accession number 1-4326, described as Small granite rock. Used as a mix with clay in the production of pottery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Temper, accession number 1-4326, described as Small granite rock. Used as a mix with clay in the production of pottery.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Temper, accession number 1-4326, described as Small granite rock. Used as a mix with clay in the production of pottery.

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