Cooking stone

Museum number:
2-69175
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4360
Description:
Rock which has been melted; porous in quite a few places, greyish-black in color; melted on sand on great deal of body surface. Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted like this one.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona; Verde Valley
Culture or time period:
Yavapai
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cooking stones
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
September 16, 1988
Context of use:
Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted like
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cooking stone, accession number 2-69175, described as Rock which has been melted; porous in quite a few places, greyish-black in color; melted on sand on great deal of body surface. Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted like this one.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cooking stone, accession number 2-69175, described as Rock which has been melted; porous in quite a few places, greyish-black in color; melted on sand on great deal of body surface. Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted like this one.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cooking stone, accession number 2-69175, described as Rock which has been melted; porous in quite a few places, greyish-black in color; melted on sand on great deal of body surface. Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted like this one.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cooking stone, accession number 2-69175, described as Rock which has been melted; porous in quite a few places, greyish-black in color; melted on sand on great deal of body surface. Used in mescal roasting pits by the Yavapai Indians. In early spring the just emerging mescal flower shoots were gathered and placed in the roasting pits where these rocks were heated in a big bonfire. Due to the extreme heat, some rocks melted like this one.

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