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Object Number 983-16-10/58666
Display Title Whetstone.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whetstone, ground stone, rectangular, worn groove 1 side, other side broken
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date ca.1907
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm (5 5/16 x 1 11/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 983-16-10/58666
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ralph Lowell (1907-1908)
Donor Mrs. Ralph Lowell (1983)

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Abrading Stone
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Abrading Stone
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Abrading Stone
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40-77-40/12806 Long sandstone whetstone, widened in the middle and flattened at one edge
Whetstone
Raw Material
Vinica
Image Not Available for Abrading stone, rectangular slab, flaking & dulling on edges; probable whetstone
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Abrading Stone
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Whetstone
36-91-60/4037 Whetstone
Whetstone
Bampur
Polished celt, used as whetstone
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Axe
Italy
Whetstone, nephrite. Sharpening surface is long, straight, narrow. Tip is flat.
94-57-10/R55 Whetstone, nephrite. Sharpening surface is long, straight, narrow. Tip is flat.
Tools
Point Barrow
Whetstone and strap. Nephrite, fabric, skin. Rounded tip and sharpening surface.
94-57-10/R56 Whetstone and strap. Nephrite, fabric, skin. Rounded tip and sharpening surface.
Tools
Point Barrow
Whetstone, nephrite. Flake-polished appearance through use.
94-57-10/R54 Whetstone, nephrite. Flake-polished appearance through use.
Tools
Point Barrow
Rectangular whetstone of dark sandstone or siltstone
40-77-40/12834 Rectangular whetstone of dark sandstone or siltstone
Whetstone
Raw Material
Vinica
Possible abrading-whetstone, broken, thin tabular slab, 1 flat granular surface,
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Chipped Stone
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