Pestle fragment

Museum number:
1-52942
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1 - 1679 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.748
Description:
Steatite portion of pestle grooved as sinker.
Donor:
United States National Museum
Collection place:
CA-Ker-39 (Tulamniu Mound 1), Kern County, California
Collector:
Helen Langdon Strong and William Duncan Strong
Collection date:
1933-1934
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Accession date:
1939
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 55 millimeters and length 80 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pestle fragment, accession number 1-52942, described as Steatite portion of pestle grooved as sinker.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle fragment, accession number 1-52942, described as Steatite portion of pestle grooved as sinker.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle fragment, accession number 1-52942, described as Steatite portion of pestle grooved as sinker.

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