Stone

Museum number:
1-12903
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010012903
Alternate number:
1655 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
Description:
Muller, stone, two-horned; oval grinding surface (edges broken); H ca 9.9 cm x diam. 13.0 cm- Note: Ledger and original card describe the artifact as “stone, heated and applied as cure to aching parts of the body”.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
Culture or time period:
Klamath Lake and Modoc
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Heated and applied as sure to aching parts of the body.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stone, accession number 1-12903, described as Muller, stone, two-horned; oval grinding surface (edges broken); H ca 9.9 cm x diam. 13.0 cm- Note: Ledger and original card describe the artifact as “stone, heated and applied as cure to aching parts of the body”.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stone, accession number 1-12903, described as Muller, stone, two-horned; oval grinding surface (edges broken); H ca 9.9 cm x diam. 13.0 cm- Note: Ledger and original card describe the artifact as “stone, heated and applied as cure to aching parts of the body”.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stone, accession number 1-12903, described as Muller, stone, two-horned; oval grinding surface (edges broken); H ca 9.9 cm x diam. 13.0 cm- Note: Ledger and original card describe the artifact as “stone, heated and applied as cure to aching parts of the body”.

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