Pestle/arrow straightener. Made of steatite. Transverse groove on top. Flat bottom with stepped-down flat spot (for finger grip?). For use with tobacco mortar 1-3940
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lemoore, Kings County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Kings; Lemoore
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
December 1903 - January 1904
Materials:
Soapstone (metamorphic rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ground stone, Mortars (grinding tools), and Pestles
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For use with cat. no. 1-3940.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
width 3.7 centimeters, height 3 centimeters, and length 5.7 centimeters