Metate fragment

Museum number:
2-65926b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3745
Description:
Metate; “minimal metate, vasicular basalt; (a) width 13.8 cm (b) width 12.5 cm (joined together, almost complete, form oval with 25 cm).
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
near Ellsworth, Nye County, Nevada
Verbatim coll. place:
Pinon gathering site near Ellsworth in the Paradise Mts. east of Gabbs (Paiute Indian territory)
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ground stone and Metates
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Metate fragment, accession number 2-65926b, described as Metate; “minimal metate, vasicular basalt; (a) width 13.8 cm (b) width 12.5 cm (joined together, almost complete, form oval with 25 cm).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate fragment, accession number 2-65926b, described as Metate; “minimal metate, vasicular basalt; (a) width 13.8 cm (b) width 12.5 cm (joined together, almost complete, form oval with 25 cm).

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