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Small hand hammer or pestle, unfinished. Round top, high base.
Small hand hammer or pestle, unfinished. Round top, high base.
Object Number 15-36-10/86344
Display Title Small hand hammer or pestle, unfinished. Round top, high base.
Descriptions
Object Description Small hand hammer or pestle, unfinished. Round top, high base.
Inventory Description Pestle, stone, rounded at both ends, one end more bulbous than the other.
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13.3 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm (5 1/4 x 2 9/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86344
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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