Pestle

53-54-196

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-196
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound B
Section American
Materials Sandstone
Description

Gray sandstone. Oval section, rough flat butt. Carved mostly on one side as grinning snake (?) with wide shallow grooves for mouth, around raised eyes and across head.

Length 10.8 cm
Width 5.9 cm
Thickness 4.1 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 266 - Field No SF

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