Pestle or Rubbing Implement
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
Prehistoric
Stone
Overall: 5 5/16 × 1 3/16 × 1 9/16 in. (13.5 × 3 × 4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer
166.56.24780
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Exhibition History
Ancient Native American Pottery, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition; Anthropology 32, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 7-February 9, 1992.
Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibitions; Anthropology 32, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 13-March 4, 1990.
Provenance
[Possibly collected by Henry Moses; to Axel Rasmussen (about 1887-1945), possibly 1920-30's; Earl L. Stendahl (1887-1966), Los Angeles California]; Doris Meltzer (1908-1977), Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1966.
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