Maul

Museum number:
1-11836
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010011836
Accession number:
Acc.286
Object count:
1
Description:
Stone, conical; flat bottom; narrow neck; slightly rounded proximal end.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Shregon, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Shregon
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
May 1907
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mauls (striking tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
For driving elk antler wedges.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 15.1 centimeters and diameter 10.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-11836, described as Stone, conical; flat bottom; narrow neck; slightly rounded proximal end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-11836, described as Stone, conical; flat bottom; narrow neck; slightly rounded proximal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 1-11836, described as Stone, conical; flat bottom; narrow neck; slightly rounded proximal end.

Tools