Metate fragment

Museum number:
1-3942
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010003942
Alternate number:
940 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.114
Description:
Piece of round metate, made of lava, still showing legs.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Fresno River 5 miles south of Raymond, Madera County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Madera; Fresno River
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
January 8-17, 1904
Materials:
Lava
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Metates
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Remarks: Obtained by Indians from a Mexican.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate fragment, accession number 1-3942, described as Piece of round metate, made of lava, still showing legs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate fragment, accession number 1-3942, described as Piece of round metate, made of lava, still showing legs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate fragment, accession number 1-3942, described as Piece of round metate, made of lava, still showing legs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate fragment, accession number 1-3942, described as Piece of round metate, made of lava, still showing legs.

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