Mortar & Pestle

Object/Artifact

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Old Colony History Museum

Name/Title

Mortar & Pestle

Entry/Object ID

1889.20a-b

Description

a: Mortar; large asymmetrical stone with pecked out circular mortar b: Pestle- Deaccessioned 1992- by Jane Emack-Cambra Both are Native American pieces

Made/Created

Date made

6000 BP

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pestle, Food

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Mortar, Food

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Food Grinding

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Preparation Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

mortars (grinding tools)

Search Terms

PEOPLE: Henry S. Hart, North Dighton, SUBJECTS: Indigenous peoples

Material

Stone