Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected from Melissa Jones (Melissa Inez/Mrs. Solon Jones, Akimel O'odham, b. ca. 1865) and possibly from Juan Thomas (Akimel O'odham) or Petra Lewis (Akimel O'odham) in 1919 by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Akimel O'odham (Pima)
- Previous owner
- Melissa Jones (Melissa Inez/Mrs. Solon Jones), Akimel O'odham (Pima), b. ca. 1865
- Possible owner
- Juan Thomas (Ha'hali/Juan Antone Thomas), Akimel O'odham (Pima), b. ca. 1860
- Petra Lewis, Akimel O'odham (Pima)
- Collector
- Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
