Mortar

Museum number:
1-211553
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1240
Description:
Mortar made of wood. Basin shaped cavity with cup-sized pit in center.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Bishop, Inyo County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Inyo; Bishop
Culture or time period:
Eastern Mono
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson and Minnie Williams
Collection date:
1958
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Native name: "Paha
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-211553, described as Mortar made of wood. Basin shaped cavity with cup-sized pit in center.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-211553, described as Mortar made of wood. Basin shaped cavity with cup-sized pit in center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-211553, described as Mortar made of wood. Basin shaped cavity with cup-sized pit in center.

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