Acorn cracker

Museum number:
1-9441
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010009441
Alternate number:
9 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.233
Description:
Stone, flat, with rounded edges. Tapering proximal end; bulbous distal end.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Acorn crackers
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 7.6 centimeters and length 15.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-9441, described as Stone, flat, with rounded edges. Tapering proximal end; bulbous distal end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-9441, described as Stone, flat, with rounded edges. Tapering proximal end; bulbous distal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Acorn cracker, accession number 1-9441, described as Stone, flat, with rounded edges. Tapering proximal end; bulbous distal end.

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