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Object Number
69-34-10/2382
Display Title
Bird's head pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ground stone pestle, bird head effigy on one end, pitted marks other end
Classification
- Effigy Pestle
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Massachusetts
/
Middlesex County
/
Concord
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 4.3 x 4 cm (12 5/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
69-34-10/2382; 1587; Thoreau; PMAE/Cambridge
Credit Line
Gift of the Boston Society of Natural History
Provenance
Collector
Henry David Thoreau
Donor
Donated by
Boston Society of Natural History
(1869)
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