Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.01.001
Accession#:
99.01
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase.
Object Name:
Pestle
Title:
Tlingit Cedar Pestle, c. 1910, Douglas
Date:
1901
Description:
Conical—shaped cedar pestle with incised decoration of bear, killer whales and human face on lower sides. Handle worn, rounded top. Flat bottom.
Notes:
Well documented claim of ownership. Collected by Jesuit priest, Father Bruckner, in Douglas in 1910. Then to Gonzaga University Museum. See file.
Berry pestle according to Steve Henrikson, Alaska. State Museum.
On exhibit at Centennial Hall May 2004 — Jan 2008.
Berry pestle according to Steve Henrikson, Alaska. State Museum.
On exhibit at Centennial Hall May 2004 — Jan 2008.
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Tlingit Cedar Pestle, c. 1910,
Tlingit Cedar Pestle, c. 1910,
Tlingit Cedar Pestle, c. 1910,
Tlingit Cedar Pestle, c. 1910,
Tlingit Cedar Pestle, c. 1910,
Tlingit Cedar Pestle, c. 1910,