Mortar

Museum number:
1-19794
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Accession number:
Acc.508
Description:
Small, made of lava. Hemispheric. Basalt (?)
Donor:
Thomas T. Waterman and University Appropriation
Collection place:
South Fork of Kern River, Kern County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kern; South Fork of Kern River
Culture or time period:
Tübatulabal
Collector:
Thomas T. Waterman
Collection date:
June 1916
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1916
Context of use:
Used for pulverizing tobacco.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 1-19794, described as Small, made of lava. Hemispheric. Basalt (?)Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 1-19794, described as Small, made of lava. Hemispheric. Basalt (?)Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 1-19794, described as Small, made of lava. Hemispheric. Basalt (?)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-19794, described as Small, made of lava. Hemispheric. Basalt (?)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-19794, described as Small, made of lava. Hemispheric. Basalt (?)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-19794, described as Small, made of lava. Hemispheric. Basalt (?)

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