Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 4500 BC–1860 (Middle Holocene to Post-contact period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Southern California: Early Period, Middle Period, and Tongva (archaeological)
- Previous owner
- Edward L. Hills (Edward Myman Hills/E. L. Hills), Non-Indian, 1859-1941
- Seller
- Edward L. Hills (Edward Myman Hills/E. L. Hills), Non-Indian, 1859-1941
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward L. Hills (1859-1941, an artifact collector from Redondo Beach, California); purchased by MAI from Edward Hills in 1923 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Place
- Fountain at Redondo Beach; Redondo Beach; 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
- 11/8352
- Barcode
- 118352.001
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_127057