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Object Number 15-36-10/86362
Display Title Whet stone of fine sedimentary rock (or clay) used for sharpening and polishing
Descriptions
Object Description Whet stone of fine sedimentary rock (or clay) used for sharpening and polishing
Inventory Description Tool, unclassified, ground stone, flat, cylindrical, worn, broken
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 12.9 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm (5 1/16 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86362
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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