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Object Number 15-36-10/86340
Display Title Large stone hand hammer, partly broken. Flat topped kind, low base.
Descriptions
Object Description Large stone hand hammer, partly broken. Flat topped kind, low base.
Inventory Description Hammer, ground stone, both ends broken
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 7.7 x 6.3 cm (6 7/8 x 3 1/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-36-10/86340
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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