A WASCO/WISHRAM CARVED WOOD MORTAR. . c. 1850. ...

Description

A WASCO/WISHRAM CARVED WOOD MORTAR

c. 1850

with flat circular base, flaring walls and a pair of squared notched handles on the rim

This mortar is typical of those produced on the lower Columbia River. For similar examples, see: Mercer, Bill, People of the River: Native Arts of the Oregon Territory, Portland Art Museum, Oregon and U. of Washington Press, Seattle, 2005, p. 60; and Conn, Richard, Native American Art in the Denver Art Museum, Denver Art Museum and U. of Washington Press. Seattle, 1979, p. 255.

Height: 11 ¾ inches



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