Mortar and Pestle | American Southwest Virtual Museum Image Galleries

Description: Mortar made from vesicular basalt and plug-shaped pestle of the same material.

Dimensions: Mortar diam 3.5 inches (8.89 cm), bowl diam. 2 in (approx. 5 cm), thickness 1.75 in (4.45 cm), depth 1 in (2.54 cm); Pestle 4.5 in (11.43 cm) long.

Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 97 - mortar, and MOCA 264 - pestle).

Possible Pestle

Possible Pestle

Possible Pestle, Alternate View

Incised Argillite Paint Mortar

Mortar and Pestle

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Mortar and Pestle

Mortar and Pestle

Mortar with Malachite Pieces

Mortar with Limonite

Mortar with White Pigment

Pumice Mortar and Ball

Miniature Mortar and Ball

Miniature Basalt Mortar

Miniature Metate

Zoomorphic Mortar and Matching Pestle

Sandstone Pestle

Sandstone Mortar

Information

Author: Ryan Belnap/Monica Saaty, Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University

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