Pestle
- Museum number:
- 1-13702
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010013702
- Accession number:
- Acc.300
- Description:
- Rude. Ground stone; irregular shape; pieces chipped off distal end.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Redwood Creek, Humboldt County, California
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Humboldt; Redwood Creek
- Collector:
- Pliny Earle Goddard
- Collection date:
- 1907
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Ground stone and Pestles
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1907
- Context of use:
- Probably used for pounding hazel nuts from their husks.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- length 21.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-