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Object Number 30-11-10/A6974
Display Title Pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, flared ends, tapered shaft, one end conical nubbed, broken
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 20.4 x 9 x 6 cm (8 1/16 x 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 30-11-10/A6974
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Mrs. F. H. Clark (1930)

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