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Large hand hammer base of stone.
Large hand hammer base of stone.
Object Number 15-36-10/86353
Display Title Large hand hammer base of stone.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pestle, ground stone, broken?, squarish base
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.4 x 7.6 x 6.5 cm (6 1/16 x 3 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-36-10/86353, 305
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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