Pestle
- Museum number:
- 2-5777
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020005777
- Alternate number:
- x-867 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Antler pestle, slightly carved; probably archaeological.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- 1898
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Ground stone and Pestles
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Used with round-bottomed wood trays to crush berries, seal fat or livers of birds and fish with which pastry mixtures are made of.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- height 18.2 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-