Columbia Plateau cultures commonly used pestles like this one for crushing and grinding food or plant material and for meal preparation.
Catalog Number: WHMI 69
Object Name: Pestle
Dimensions: length 17.1, diameter 9.3 cm
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Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Code: WHMI
Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Walla Walla County, Washington Latitude: 46.0427017211914, Longitude: -118.464996337891