Stone

Museum number:
9-11497
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090011497
Alternate number:
Tin-10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2697
Description:
Stone, triangle shape, brown, small - for grinding while hand held; base: 11.5 cm x 4.5 cm. Height 2 cm
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Richard Lerner
Collection place:
Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Uttar Pradesh
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Richard Lerner
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Stone (worked rock) (triangular)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Grinding stones
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
used in tinning process; Lerner states that it's used "to grind the white powder" ("masala")
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 4.5 centimeters, width 11.5 centimeters, and height 2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stone, accession number 9-11497, described as Stone, triangle shape, brown, small - for grinding while hand held; base: 11.5 cm x 4.5 cm. Height 2 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stone, accession number 9-11497, described as Stone, triangle shape, brown, small - for grinding while hand held; base: 11.5 cm x 4.5 cm. Height 2 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stone, accession number 9-11497, described as Stone, triangle shape, brown, small - for grinding while hand held; base: 11.5 cm x 4.5 cm. Height 2 cm

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