Maul

Museum number:
1-9363
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
237 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Stone, irregularly shaped; flat top and bottom at about 45 degrees apart. Pieces chipped from both ends. "Unfinished" maul.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Kepel, Klamath River, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Kepel
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:
Unfinished" maul.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 16 centimeters and length 21 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9363, described as Stone, irregularly shaped; flat top and bottom at about 45 degrees apart. Pieces chipped from both ends. "Unfinished" maul.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9363, described as Stone, irregularly shaped; flat top and bottom at about 45 degrees apart. Pieces chipped from both ends. "Unfinished" maul.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9363, described as Stone, irregularly shaped; flat top and bottom at about 45 degrees apart. Pieces chipped from both ends. "Unfinished" maul.

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