Ceremonial Stone Pestle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 May 1929
name: label: Collector
content: E. G. Johnson
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE NOTE: THE NORTON RANCH IS AT THE LOWER END OF THE HOOPA VALLEY.
label: Notes
content: From card: "Pecked into shape of elongate cone, having one raised ring or boss near base. Used at ceremonials, as acorn festival."
label: Notes
content: Accession file indicates this was the property of Fannie McKeever, and was collected from Willie Norton; used when grinding acorns for special occasions such as different dance feasts and the Acorn festival.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Norton Ranch, Humboldt County / Hoopa Valley Reservation, California, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Hupa
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 105865
label: USNM Number
content: E342269-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pestle