Mortar

Pestle

NA4588

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sawtooth Mountains | Sinuk

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4588
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sawtooth Mountains | Sinuk
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden mortar with a rounded bowl, flat bottom and a handle with a longitudinal cutout. A twisted cord attached a cylindrical, wooden pestle to the mortar handle.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Seward Peninsula/Siberia; William Blair Van Valin, 1919
Other Number 2 - Field No SF | 4 - Other Number

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