Anvil

Museum number:
1-4312
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1559 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.135, Acc.136, Acc.137, and Acc.138
Description:
Anvil or cobble of stone. Triangular shape with rounded edges. Flat on one side, more convex on other.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mohave Valley, Mohave County, Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Mohave
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Acorn anvils
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For shaping patterns.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
circumference 28.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #73: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 3, 1962–May 3, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anvil, accession number 1-4312, described as Anvil or cobble of stone. Triangular shape with rounded edges. Flat on one side, more convex on other.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Anvil, accession number 1-4312, described as Anvil or cobble of stone. Triangular shape with rounded edges. Flat on one side, more convex on other.

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