Cracker or hammerstone

Museum number:
1-14035
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
188 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.334
Description:
Acorn cracker or hammer-stone used with 14034 in shelling acorns. Cylindrical with worn depressed transverse area at center.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Drum Valley, Fresno County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tulare; Drum Valley
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Charles P. Wilcomb
Collection date:
1898-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hammerstones
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Acorn cracker or hammerstone. Used with 14034 in shelling acorn.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cracker or hammerstone, accession number 1-14035, described as Acorn cracker or hammer-stone used with 14034 in shelling acorns. Cylindrical with worn depressed transverse area at center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cracker or hammerstone, accession number 1-14035, described as Acorn cracker or hammer-stone used with 14034 in shelling acorns. Cylindrical with worn depressed transverse area at center.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cracker or hammerstone, accession number 1-14035, described as Acorn cracker or hammer-stone used with 14034 in shelling acorns. Cylindrical with worn depressed transverse area at center.

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