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Object Number 14-27-10/85867
Display Title Stone hammer or pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, rounded blunt end tapered to point other end
Classification
  • Mechanical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kishpiyeoux Village
Additional Geographic Terms Skeena River
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 8.2 x 6.2 cm (6 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 14-27-10/85867
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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