Metate

Museum number:
1-51362
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
J. 59 & J. 72 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.753
Description:
Sandstone slab mortar. 25 cm x 20 cm x 8 cm, pit 75 mm across, 16 mm deep.
Donor:
Gordon W. Hewes
Collection place:
Avenal Creek, Kings County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
Site on Avenal Cr., Kings Co. between sites 101 and 114: surface
Collector:
Gordon W. Hewes
Collection date:
June 29, 1939
Materials:
Sandstone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Metates and Mortars (grinding tools)
Accession date:
1939
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 25 centimeters, 8 centimeters, 16 centimeters, width 20 centimeters, and 75 millimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate, accession number 1-51362, described as Sandstone slab mortar. 25 cm x 20 cm x 8 cm, pit 75 mm across, 16 mm deep.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metate, accession number 1-51362, described as Sandstone slab mortar. 25 cm x 20 cm x 8 cm, pit 75 mm across, 16 mm deep.

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