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Mortar
Object Number 04-10-10/62983
Display Title Mortar
Descriptions
Object Description Mortar
Inventory Description Mortar, round bowl with carved facial designs on rectangular carved stand
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 9.4 x 27.5 x 12.5 cm (3 11/16 x 10 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-10-10/62983; Chilkat Mortar / $7.00
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1904)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1904)

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