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Mortar basket. Has mortar-like base of syenite with a shallow depression
Mortar basket. Has mortar-like base of syenite with a shallow depression
Object Number 94-57-10/R1540
Display Title Mortar basket. Has mortar-like base of syenite with a shallow depression
Descriptions
Object Description Mortar basket. Has mortar-like base of syenite with a very shallow depression at the top to which is cemented with asphalteum, a basket hopper
Inventory Description Basket, woven fiber, round body, inserted into base of syenite
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • California
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms California, southern
Materials Fiber Syenite Granite Juncus Dye
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 39 cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (? - 1894)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (? - 1894)

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