Pestle used to prepare jimson weed for boys' Toloache ceremony (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1850-1900
- Culture/People
- Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay
- Previous owner
- Nocencio Cuero, Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay
- Collector
- Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
- Collection History
- Collected from Nocencio Cuero (Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay) in 1918 by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Place
- Manzanita, Manzanita Reservaton; San Diego County; California; USA
- See related items
- Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 8/2229
- Barcode
- 082229.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Pestle used to prepare jimson weed for boys' Toloache ceremony (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked, ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_88558