Mortar

Museum number:
1-10086
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010086
Alternate number:
195 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.216, Acc.217, Acc.218, Acc.220, Acc.222, Acc.226, Acc.227, Acc.229, Acc.230, Acc.231, Acc.234, Acc.235, Acc.236, Acc.237, Acc.238, Acc.241, Acc.242, Acc.243, Acc.244, Acc.245, Acc.246, Acc.249, Acc.250, Acc.251, and Acc.254
Description:
Flat, old mortar stone apparently worked into form.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Six Mile, Calaveras County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Calaveras; Six Mile
Culture or time period:
Eastern Miwok
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-5974. Published: Milw. Publ. Mus. Bull. v. 2, pl. 34. Remarks: Mortar stones or pestles showing artificial working are very rare in the Miwok area.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mortar, accession number 1-10086, described as Flat, old mortar stone apparently worked into form.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mortar, accession number 1-10086, described as Flat, old mortar stone apparently worked into form.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-10086, described as Flat, old mortar stone apparently worked into form.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-10086, described as Flat, old mortar stone apparently worked into form.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 1-10086, described as Flat, old mortar stone apparently worked into form.

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