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Object Number
04-10-10/62982
Display Title
Mortar
Descriptions
Object Description
Mortar; one side of the bowl is carved with frog-human elements. A short handle, made from the same piece of wood, projects from the base. Yew?
Inventory Description
Mortar, carved bowl with facial and arm designs on bowl, plain handle
Classification
- Mortar
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast
Materials
Yew?
Dimensions
Overall: 9 x 13.2 x 19.5 cm (3 9/16 x 5 3/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
04-10-10/62982
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(1897)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1904)
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