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Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
Date created
AD 1000–1860 (Late Holocene to Post-contact period)
Culture/People
possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Southern California: Middle Period and Tongva (archaeological)
Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1936.
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Place
Near La Brea Avenue; Ballona Creek (Bologna Creek); Baldwin Hills; Los Angeles County; California; USA
See related items
Multiple archaeological cultures
Food Gathering and Preparation
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
18/9182
Barcode
189182.000
Object Type
Food Gathering and Preparation
Object Name
Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Stone, shell/shells, asphaltum/bitumen
Techniques
Ground, incised, inlaid
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws609ea40de-770a-4630-9b51-b7b8887594b1
Record ID
NMAI_202446