Metate/Flat mortar (Image withheld, pending review)
date: label: Date created
content: 1750–1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Reverend Henry Clarkson Meredith (H. C. Meredith), Non-Indian, 1861-1908
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Henry Clarkson Meredith (H. C. Meredith), Non-Indian, 1861-1908
label: Seller
content: Henry K. Deisher (H. K. Deisher), Non-Indian, 1867-1951
label: Previous owner
content: Henry K. Deisher (H. K. Deisher), Non-Indian, 1867-1951
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or excavated by Reverend Henry Clarkson Meredith (1861-1908, a collector and amateur archaeologist in the Stockton, California, area); purchased by Henry K. Deisher (1867-1951, the owner of a textile mill in Kutztown, Pennsylvania) from Reverend Meredith at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from Henry Deisher in 1915.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Probaly brought to California from Northern Mexico; Lassen County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Northern Mesoamerica (archaeological)
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: 4/3149
label: Barcode
content: 043149.000
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: Scoria
label: Techniques
content: Ground