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Object Number 08-8-10/72891
Display Title Pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone pestle, tapered at one end, rounded at other end, broken into pieces that cross mend
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of largest): 15.7 × 4.4 × 3.9 cm (6 3/16 × 1 3/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 72891
Provenance
Donor Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1908)

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