Maul

Museum number:
1-9293
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009293
Alternate number:
167 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Ground stone, porphyritic; cylindrical; narrow at center, tapering out to wider ends; proximal end wider than distal.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Martin's Ferry, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Martin's Ferry
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
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 9.3 centimeters and length 17.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1966-1967 #67: Education Department (UC Berkeley)/Lily (February 2, 1967–February 27, 1967) and S1967-1968 #97: Junior Center of Art and Science (February 27, 1968–May 1, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9293, described as Ground stone, porphyritic; cylindrical; narrow at center, tapering out to wider ends; proximal end wider than distal.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9293, described as Ground stone, porphyritic; cylindrical; narrow at center, tapering out to wider ends; proximal end wider than distal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-9293, described as Ground stone, porphyritic; cylindrical; narrow at center, tapering out to wider ends; proximal end wider than distal.

Tools