MORTAR

Object/Artifact

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

MORTAR

Entry/Object ID

143/5107

Description

MORTAR MADE BY NATIVES OF SITKA ALASKA, BLACK STONE BOWL

Collection

ARCHAEOLOGY

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

City

Sitka

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit

Native American, First Nation

Notes

Originally catalogued as Eskimo. Tribal affiliation based on geography

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mortar

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Construction Materials

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Dimensions

Height

4-3/4 in

Diameter

8 in

Parts

Count

Material

Stone

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

W H CASE PHOTO 21, ITEM #16, ID 143/342.1 INVOICE 12/29/1911 CAT. SAYS INVOICE 3/6/1910 HLG LEDGER VOL. 1, pg 70 e