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 Northern California: Early Period, Middle Period, and Late Period
label: Excavator
content: Jesse Peter, Non-Indian, 1884-1944
label: Previous owner
content: Jesse Peter, Non-Indian, 1884-1944
label: Seller
content: Jesse Peter, Non-Indian, 1884-1944
label: MAI agent
content: George W. Avery (G. W. Avery/George Wynne Avery), Non-Indian, 1866-1927
notes: label: Collection History
content: Excavated by Jesse Peter (1884-1944, an amateur archaeologist in Northern California and the Southwest) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Jesse Peter in 1914 through George Wynne Avery (1866-1927, a mining superintendent who worked in Mexico and the Southwest).
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Shasta 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: 3/6718
label: Barcode
content: 036718.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Food Gathering and Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
label: Media/Materials
content: Stone
label: Techniques
content: Ground