Slab

Museum number:

1-2763

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

614 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.89

Description:

Grinding slab. Made of sandstone, irregularly shaped. Flat on one side, concave on other. Wear on concave surface.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Ukiah Rancheria, Ukiah Valley, Mendocino County

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Mendocino; Yokaia Rancheria

Culture or time period:

Pomo

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Materials:

Sandstone

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

1903

Context of use:

For grinding shell beads.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Dimensions:

length 36 centimeters

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