Bead grinding slab

Museum number:
1-2683
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
533 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.89
Description:
Sandstone slab. Irregularly shaped.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Pinoleville, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Pinoleville
Culture or time period:
Pomo
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1902
Materials:
Sandstone
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Used for polishing beads.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 37.2 centimeters and length 68.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bead grinding slab, accession number 1-2683, described as Sandstone slab. Irregularly shaped.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bead grinding slab, accession number 1-2683, described as Sandstone slab. Irregularly shaped.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bead grinding slab, accession number 1-2683, described as Sandstone slab. Irregularly shaped.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bead grinding slab, accession number 1-2683, described as Sandstone slab. Irregularly shaped.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bead grinding slab, accession number 1-2683, described as Sandstone slab. Irregularly shaped.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bead grinding slab, accession number 1-2683, described as Sandstone slab. Irregularly shaped.

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