Mortar
- Museum number:
- 3-15537
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21030015537
- Accession number:
- Acc.1186
- Description:
- Mortar, stone, round on three legs; Vesicular basalt; H 17.5 cm X Dia 24.2 cm
- Donor:
- Mrs. Leroy W. Hahn
- Collection place:
- Guanajuato, Mexico
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Mexico; Guanajuato
- Collector:
- Leroy W. Hahn and Mrs. Leroy W. Hahn
- Collection date:
- 1954
- Materials:
- Basalt (basic igneous rock)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Ground stone and Mortars (grinding tools)
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1956
- Context of use:
- For grinding peppers, seeds and herbs in the preparation of hot, spicy sauces
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Dimensions:
- height 17.5 centimeters and diameter 24.2 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1986-1987 #30: SFO Museum (April 21, 1987–June 11, 1987)
- Legacy documentation:
-