Unknown North American
Mortar and Pestle

Mortar and Pestle

Public Domain

Artist
CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Mortar and Pestle
Date4000 BC–1600 AD
PlaceUnited States (possibly)
MediumIgneous Rock (extrusive)
DimensionsMortar: 3 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 16.5 × 17.8 cm)
 Pestle: 2 × 3 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (5.1 × 8.3 × 5.7 cm)
Credit LineThe McDannald Collection, gift of Arthur T. McDannald
Object number63.134.1,.2
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceArthur T. McDannald (d. 1963), Houston; given to MFAH, 1963.

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