Pestle fragment

Museum number:
2-58186
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
54 (field number)
Accession number:
Acc.2987
Description:
No description given on catalog card. Per accession record: Pestle fragment. Ground grantitic fragment with a bi-convex cross-section that was once a part of a large pestle. There is some edge damage consisting of light battering and crushing on one of the leading edges.
Donor:
Colin L. Busby, Lee Spencer, Robert Fleming Heizer, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
NV-Hu-583, Humboldt County, Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
Salvage from backdirt
Collector:
Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
1973
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Accession date:
1973
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 29 millimeters, weight 123 grams, and width 60 millimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Pestle fragment, accession number 2-58186, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession record: Pestle fragment. Ground grantitic fragment with a bi-convex cross-section that was once a part of a large pestle. There is some edge damage consisting of light battering and crushing on one of the leading edges.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Pestle fragment, accession number 2-58186, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession record: Pestle fragment. Ground grantitic fragment with a bi-convex cross-section that was once a part of a large pestle. There is some edge damage consisting of light battering and crushing on one of the leading edges.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle fragment, accession number 2-58186, described as No description given on catalog card. Per accession record: Pestle fragment. Ground grantitic fragment with a bi-convex cross-section that was once a part of a large pestle. There is some edge damage consisting of light battering and crushing on one of the leading edges.

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