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Mortar & Pestle, San Nicolas Island, California

Mortar & Pestle,  San Nicolas Island,  California Native American photo   Category : Ethnographic > Native American
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Uploaded by ickyvickyvallo on Aug 5, 2016
        
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Category : Ethnographic > Native AmericanItem Id: 165413
Color: BrownMaterial: Stone
Maker: Prehistoric indigenous people of S. CaliforniaOriginal/Reproduction: Original
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Length6 ¼”
Width4”
Height1 ½”
Length5 1/2”
Weight3.1 oz
Weight2 lbs .2 oz
A mortar and pestle was uncovered on San Nicolas Island sometime in the late 19th / early 20th century
This type of mortar was primarily used by shamans to mix various herbs into medicinal/spiritual poultices
But before that time, in the late 19th early 20th century the island was a
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