Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 3000 BC–1850 (Middle Holocene to Post-contact period)
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Central California: Early Period, Middle Period, and Late Period
label: Previous owner
content: J. B. Lewis, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of J.B. Lewis (possibly John Bacon Lewis [1825-1909] who operated a museum in Petaluma, California, and sold artifacts); purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in 1915.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Petaluma; Sonoma County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Multiple archaeological cultures
label: See related items
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 4/3407
label: Barcode
content: 043407.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground