Pestle

Museum number:
1-9392
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Alternate number:
266 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.213
Description:
Stone, cylindrical, ringed (at 17 cm from distal end). Large piece chipped away from middle. Tapering to blunt point at both ends. Ground stone.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Orick (village), Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Orick
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 8.5 centimeters and length 53 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9392, described as Stone, cylindrical, ringed (at 17 cm from distal end). Large piece chipped away from middle. Tapering to blunt point at both ends. Ground stone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9392, described as Stone, cylindrical, ringed (at 17 cm from distal end). Large piece chipped away from middle. Tapering to blunt point at both ends. Ground stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9392, described as Stone, cylindrical, ringed (at 17 cm from distal end). Large piece chipped away from middle. Tapering to blunt point at both ends. Ground stone.

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