Mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1800 (Middle Archaic to Post-contact period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Western Archaic and Late Pre-Contact Traditions and Great Basin peoples (archaeological)
- Expedition
- Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition (1924-1927)
- Expedition leader
- Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
- Expedition sponsor
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collected or purchased from local residents in 1927 during the Mark Raymond Harrington Nevada Expedition, led by Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Place
- Winnemucca Lake; Pershing County; Nevada; USA
- See related items
- Multiple archaeological cultures
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 15/8928
- Barcode
- 158928.000
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Scoria
- Techniques
- Ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_170413