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Object Number
46-73-10/44329
Display Title
Grinding and polishing stone
Descriptions
Object Description
"Small guiding and polishing stones - more properly speaking, whet-stones, one (c) fashioned to recieve handle;" ; Reamer, made of quartz mica schist.
Inventory Description
Stone, ground abraiding stone, grooved lengthwise, thinner at one end
Classification
- Abrading Stone
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Salado Period
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
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Maricopa County
/
<City>
/
Los Muertos
Intrasite
Ruin I
Additional Geographic Terms
Salt River Valley; Salado, Lower
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 3.9 x 1.2 cm (3 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
929c/ 46-73-10/44329
Provenance
Collector
Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition
(01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Collector
Frank Hamilton Cushing
(01/01/1886-01/01/1889)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(11/15/1946)
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