Pestle

Museum number:
1-9284
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
158 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Stone, cylindrical, tapered; 8 cm piece broken off distal end. Ground stone.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
John Gist's mine, Weitchpec, Humboldt County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Gist Mine
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone and Pestles
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1906
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
diameter 5.8 centimeters and length 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9284, described as Stone, cylindrical, tapered; 8 cm piece broken off distal end. Ground stone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9284, described as Stone, cylindrical, tapered; 8 cm piece broken off distal end. Ground stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9284, described as Stone, cylindrical, tapered; 8 cm piece broken off distal end. Ground stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pestle, accession number 1-9284, described as Stone, cylindrical, tapered; 8 cm piece broken off distal end. Ground stone.

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