Maul

Museum number:
1-9445
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009445
Alternate number:
13 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
Stone, cylindrical; narrow neck; mushroom shaped proximal end; flat bottom; piece broken off from side near bottom.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mauls (striking tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
For driving wedges.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 15.2 centimeters and diameter 7.9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9445, described as Stone, cylindrical; narrow neck; mushroom shaped proximal end; flat bottom; piece broken off from side near bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9445, described as Stone, cylindrical; narrow neck; mushroom shaped proximal end; flat bottom; piece broken off from side near bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9445, described as Stone, cylindrical; narrow neck; mushroom shaped proximal end; flat bottom; piece broken off from side near bottom.

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