Pottery smoother
- Museum number:
- 2-71563
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020071563
- Accession number:
- Acc.4591
- Description:
- Smooth, irregular triangular shaped stone, gray with remnants of adhering tan clay.
- Donor:
- Ira Jacknis, Margot Blum Schevill, and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Southwestern United States
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Southwest
- Culture or time period:
- Navajo
- Collector:
- Ira Jacknis and Margot Blum Schevill
- Collection date:
- April 19, 1993
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Context of use:
- Used by potter to smooth and polish coiled pottery.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 3.78 centimeters, width 2.15 centimeters, and depth 1.4 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-