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Culture/People
Coushatta (Koasati)
Previous owner
Sissie Alibamu, Coushatta (Koasati)
Collector
Mark Raymond Harrington (M. R. Harrington/MRH), Non-Indian, 1882-1971
Object Name
Pestle
Media/Materials
Wood
Techniques
Carved
Dimensions
11 x 174.7 cm
Object Type
Food Gathering and Preparation
Native Term
kis ta pe'
Place
Near Elton; Elton; Jefferson Davis Parish; Louisiana; USA
Collection History
Collected from Sissie Alibamu (Coushatta) in 1908 by anthropologist Mark Raymond Harrington (1882-1971, MAI staff member) during fieldwork sponsored by George Heye.