Pot smoother

Museum number:
2-15166
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.700
Description:
Pebble, for smoothing pottery. Polishing stone to apply red ocher to pots.
Donor:
Willard W. Hill
Collection place:
Buck Store, New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Buck Store
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
Willard W. Hill
Collection date:
1935
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
For smoothing pottery. Polishing stone to apply red ocher to pots.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot smoother, accession number 2-15166, described as Pebble, for smoothing pottery. Polishing stone to apply red ocher to pots.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pot smoother, accession number 2-15166, described as Pebble, for smoothing pottery. Polishing stone to apply red ocher to pots.

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