Metate

Museum number:
1-19793
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.508
Description:
Flat piece of stone, roughly rectangular, uneven working surface, worn.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman and University Appropriation
Collection place:
South Fork of Kern River, Kern County, California
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June 1916
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Metates
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 10.4 centimeters and length 14.1 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate, accession number 1-19793, described as Flat piece of stone, roughly rectangular, uneven working surface, worn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate, accession number 1-19793, described as Flat piece of stone, roughly rectangular, uneven working surface, worn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate, accession number 1-19793, described as Flat piece of stone, roughly rectangular, uneven working surface, worn.

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