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Pestle with carved animal's head
Pestle with carved animal's head
Object Number 33-54-10/1434
Display Title Pestle with carved animal's head
Descriptions
Object Description Pestle with carved effigy head.
Inventory Description Ground stone, effigy pestle, one wider rounded end, opposite end carved into zoomorphic animal head, other possible incised line across pestle body, coarse texture
Classification
  • Effigy Pestle
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Algonquian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Hampshire
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 28 × 4 × 3.8 cm (11 × 1 9/16 × 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 33-54-10/1434; 30.
Provenance
Provenance John H. Goodale (?)
Donor A. Lawrence Lowell (July 14, 1933)

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