Rubbing stone

Museum number:
1-14443
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
100 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.343
Description:
Closed grained whitish stone. The upper side is rounded and appears to have been used for shaping pottery; the bottom is flat and quite smooth and may have been used for polishing.
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection place:
San Ignacio, Los Coyotes Reservation, San Diego County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Diego; San Ignacio
Culture or time period:
Cahuilla
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June-July 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Rubbing stones
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1908
Context of use:
Used in making pottery.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rubbing stone, accession number 1-14443, described as Closed grained whitish stone. The upper side is rounded and appears to have been used for shaping pottery; the bottom is flat and quite smooth and may have been used for polishing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rubbing stone, accession number 1-14443, described as Closed grained whitish stone. The upper side is rounded and appears to have been used for shaping pottery; the bottom is flat and quite smooth and may have been used for polishing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rubbing stone, accession number 1-14443, described as Closed grained whitish stone. The upper side is rounded and appears to have been used for shaping pottery; the bottom is flat and quite smooth and may have been used for polishing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rubbing stone, accession number 1-14443, described as Closed grained whitish stone. The upper side is rounded and appears to have been used for shaping pottery; the bottom is flat and quite smooth and may have been used for polishing.

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