Pestle

Museum number:
1-1649
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
233 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
For crushing sturgeon eggs.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 5.1 centimeters and length 28.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-1649, described as Made of wood, cylindrical, handcarved. Straight-sided distal end; tapered handle, with hole in end.

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