Mortar; shaped, deep bowl. Vesicular basalt. Exterior measurements: length 60 cm, diameter 50 cm. Interior measurements: depth of bowl 43 cm, maximum width at mouth 31 cm.
Donor:
Fernando Cordera and Salvador Cordera
Collection place:
San Luis Río Colorado City, Sonora, Mexico
Culture or time period:
Cocopah
Collector:
Fernando Cordera and Salvador Cordera
Collection date:
1958-1959
Materials:
Basalt (basic igneous rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 60.96 centimeters and diameter 48.26 centimeters
Comment:
The volcanic mountains from which the stone comes are on the Mexican side of the river.