Metate

Museum number:
1-243129
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010243129
Accession number:
Acc.3557
Description:
Specimen is basically a flat, rectangular shape. The widest end is slightly curved. The surface is smooth and worn. Basalt, ground stone.
Donor:
Cecil Lathrap
Collection place:
Modoc County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Modoc County, California (attr.) "Probably from Modoc County, California
Collector:
Donald Ward Lathrap
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ground stone and Metates
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 4 centimeters, length 19 centimeters, length 40 centimeters, width 40 centimeters, and width 29 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate, accession number 1-243129, described as Specimen is basically a flat, rectangular shape. The widest end is slightly curved. The surface is smooth and worn. Basalt, ground stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate, accession number 1-243129, described as Specimen is basically a flat, rectangular shape. The widest end is slightly curved. The surface is smooth and worn. Basalt, ground stone.

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