Basalt pestle, ground; cylindrical shape with wide, disc-like base, cylindrical shaft (grip) and flange near top.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household and 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably for paint, tobacco and lime, perhaps, rather than for food.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14 centimeters
Comment:
References: Erna Gunther, "Art in the Life of the Northwest Coast Indians", #372 (ill. p. 38, text pp. 35 - 36 and p. 248).
Loans:
S1972-1973 #41: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (January 5, 1973–January 30, 1973) and S1972-1973 #87: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert J. Rodden (February 1, 1973–March 23, 1973)