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Object Number 89-9-20/47176
Display Title Ground stone grinding stone, spherical with large perforation handle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone grinding stone, spherical with large perforation handle
Classification
  • Mano
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Oaxaca / <County> / <City> / Mitla
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 15.8 x 14 cm (5 1/8 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47176
Provenance
Collector G. W. E. Griffith (ca.1885)
Donor Dr. Charles Pickering Bowditch (1889)

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