Mortar used to prepare jimson weed for boys' Toloache ceremony (Image withheld)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Plowed up by Mr. Trujillo in 1911; given to Chico Cuevas (Kumeyaay) by Mr. Trujillo soon afterward; given to Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) by Chico Cuevas in 1919 during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9/1305
- Barcode
- 091305.000
- Culture/People
- Potrero Luiseño
- Collector
- Mr. Trujillo, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- Mr. Trujillo, Non-Indian
- Chico Cuevas, Kumeyaay (Diegueño)
- MAI agent
- Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Mortar used to prepare jimson weed for boys' Toloache ceremony (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Steatite/soapstone
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Place
- Foot of Palomar Mountain; Palomar Mountain; Potrero; San Diego County; California; USA
- See related items
- Potrero Luiseño
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Record ID
- NMAI_98354
