Acorn cracker

Museum number:
1-2568
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
202 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.93
Description:
Acorn cracker made of stone, elongated and flattened.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
Blocksburg, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Blocksburg
Culture or time period:
Lassik
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1903
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Acorn crackers
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Used to crack acorns.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 16 centimeters and width 4.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34a: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 16, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-2568, described as Acorn cracker made of stone, elongated and flattened.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-2568, described as Acorn cracker made of stone, elongated and flattened.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-2568, described as Acorn cracker made of stone, elongated and flattened.

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