Mortar

Museum number:
1-19584
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.483
Description:
Shallow stone mortar.
Donor:
Merle Apperson
Collection place:
Deer Creek, Tehama County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tehama; Deer Creek
Culture or time period:
Yana
Collector:
John Apperson and Merle Apperson
Collection date:
November 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1914
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Continued from Provenience Commments: "This batch was purchased for the Museum by A.L. Kroeber from John Apperson of Vina, California who, with his son Merle, was a member of the raiding party.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mortar, accession number 1-19584, described as Shallow stone mortar.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mortar, accession number 1-19584, described as Shallow stone mortar.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-19584, described as Shallow stone mortar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-19584, described as Shallow stone mortar.

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