Pestle

Museum number:
2-3019
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Accession number:
Acc.106
Description:
Wood.
Donor:
Ernest Moses
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Ernest Moses
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Used with round-bottomed wood trays to crush berries, seal fat or livers of birds and fish with which pastry mixtures are made.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 10.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson, Pl. XXXI and p. 73.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 2-3019, described as Wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 2-3019, described as Wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 2-3019, described as Wood.

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