Mortar and pestle

Museum number:
2-9400a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21029400a@2cb
Alternate number:
P. 20 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Small wooden mortar and pestle. a) Cup-shaped mortar with perforated side handle. b) Pestle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Cape Prince of Wales
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone, Mortars (grinding tools), and Pestles
Accession date:
May 1909
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— width 9.5 centimeters and b)— length 19.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1970-1971 #145: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (June 17, 1971–July 26, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar and pestle, accession number 2-9400a,b, described as Small wooden mortar and pestle. a) Cup-shaped mortar with perforated side handle. b) Pestle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar and pestle, accession number 2-9400a,b, described as Small wooden mortar and pestle. a) Cup-shaped mortar with perforated side handle. b) Pestle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar and pestle, accession number 2-9400a,b, described as Small wooden mortar and pestle. a) Cup-shaped mortar with perforated side handle. b) Pestle.

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