Pestle

Museum number:
1-1682
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
266 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Stone, cylindrical, ringed (16 cm from distal end). Tapering to blunt point at proximal end. Polished from usage. Piece chipped out of working end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Turip (historical village), Del Norte County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Del Norte; Turip
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 9 centimeters and length 58.3 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "15-4844" References: "BAE, B 78 Pl 16
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-1682, described as Stone, cylindrical, ringed (16 cm from distal end). Tapering to blunt point at proximal end. Polished from usage. Piece chipped out of working end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-1682, described as Stone, cylindrical, ringed (16 cm from distal end). Tapering to blunt point at proximal end. Polished from usage. Piece chipped out of working end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-1682, described as Stone, cylindrical, ringed (16 cm from distal end). Tapering to blunt point at proximal end. Polished from usage. Piece chipped out of working end.

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