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Object Number
10-47-10/80132
Display Title
Stone hammer or pestle
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone hammer or pestle
Inventory Description
Pestle or hammer, ground stone, round flat base, smooth beveled top
Classification
- Food processing
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
Additional Geographic Terms
British Columbia?
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 17.6 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm (6 15/16 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
10-47-10/80132
Provenance
Exchange participant
American Antiquarian Society
(1910)
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Food processing
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British Columbia
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Food processing
|
British Columbia
| |
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Pestle
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British Columbia
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British Columbia
| |
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Pestle
|
British Columbia
| |
|
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for Stone hammer or pestle
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|
British Columbia
| |
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Food processing
|
North America
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Food processing
|
Liberia
| |
| 14-27-10/85867 | Stone hammer or pestle |
Mechanical
|
Kishpiyeoux Village
| |
| 15-36-10/86342 | Medium-sized stone hand hammer, partly broken. |
Pestle
|
British Columbia
| |
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Food processing
|
Liberia
| |
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Food processing
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Oregon
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