Metate

Museum number:

2-36568

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Accession number:

Acc.1362

Description:

Metate; 8½ inches x 12 inches x 2½ inches.

Donor:

American Indian Film Project

Collection place:

NV-Wa-NL-4, Washoe County, Nevada

Culture or time period:

Northern Paiute

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

October 1960

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Ground stone and Metates

Accession date:

1960

Context of use:

Used by Mrs. Winnemucca in grinding pinon nuts (see card 2-36570).

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 2.5 inches, length 8.5 inches, and width 12 inches

Comment:

Remarks: All numbers of this accession were used by the American Indian Film project led by S.A. Barrett, October 1960.

Loans:

S1979-1980 #9: DeAnza College (August 31, 1979–December 17, 1979)

Legacy documentation: