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Object Number 15-36-10/86342
Display Title Medium-sized stone hand hammer, partly broken.
Descriptions
Object Description Medium-sized stone hand hammer, partly broken. Hat-shaped top and low base.
Inventory Description Pestle, stone, bulbous at bottom end, top has knob-like protrusion, smooth, chipped.
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.4 x 6.9 x 5.3 cm (6 1/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86342; 221
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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