Mortar

Museum number:
2-29364
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Wooden; bowl on leaf outline base.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Freshwater Bay, Chichgof Island, Sitka Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Chichgof Island; Freshwater Bay
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
1910-1917
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Accession date:
1954
Context of use:
Tobacco mortar.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 23 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 2-29364, described as Wooden; bowl on leaf outline base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 2-29364, described as Wooden; bowl on leaf outline base.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mortar, accession number 2-29364, described as Wooden; bowl on leaf outline base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-29364, described as Wooden; bowl on leaf outline base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-29364, described as Wooden; bowl on leaf outline base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-29364, described as Wooden; bowl on leaf outline base.

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