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Mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
Date created
AD 1000–1850 (Late Holocene to Post-contact period)
Culture/People
possibly Central California: Late Period (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collection History
Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1938.
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Place
Near Taft; Buena Vista Lake; Taft; Kern County; California; USA
See related items
Central California: Late Period (archaeological culture)
Food Gathering and Preparation
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
19/9469
Barcode
199469.001
Object Type
Food Gathering and Preparation
Object Name
Mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials
Stone, asphaltum/bitumen, shell/shells
Techniques
Ground, incised, inlaid
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws691979f2e-2d99-4d59-a615-b03158f7ad5f
Record ID
NMAI_213010