Pestle

Museum number:
1-2238
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
822 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.69 and Acc.86
Description:
Stone, cylindrical. Straight, with raised band at distal end; pieces chipped off distal end. Ground stone.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Bluff Creek, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Bluff Creek
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and January 15, 1903
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 23.8 centimeters and diameter 6.6 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-4838.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pestle, accession number 1-2238, described as Stone, cylindrical. Straight, with raised band at distal end; pieces chipped off distal end. Ground stone.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pestle, accession number 1-2238, described as Stone, cylindrical. Straight, with raised band at distal end; pieces chipped off distal end. Ground stone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-2238, described as Stone, cylindrical. Straight, with raised band at distal end; pieces chipped off distal end. Ground stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-2238, described as Stone, cylindrical. Straight, with raised band at distal end; pieces chipped off distal end. Ground stone.

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