Anvil
- Museum number:
- 1-16745
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010016745
- Alternate number:
- 20 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.403
- Description:
- Large stone, smooth, oval and flattened, with artificial depressions on both sides.
- Donor:
- Nels C. Nelson
- Collection place:
- CA-SMa-4 (San Mateo Shellmound), San Mateo, San Mateo County
- Collector:
- Nels C. Nelson
- Collection date:
- January 1911
- Object type:
- archaeology
- Object class:
- Pitted stones
- Accession date:
- 1911
- Context of use:
- 1-16745-16752 appear to have been rests or anvils on which possibly nuts, shellfish, etc., were cracked.
- Department:
- Associated funerary objects
- Legacy documentation:
-