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Stone maul, rawhide cover
Stone maul, rawhide cover
Object Number 39-30-10/18217
Display Title Stone maul, rawhide cover
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pounder, oval stone, flat one end, leather covered attach to leather/wood hand
Classification
  • Pounder
Department Ethnographic
Date 1867-1899
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Leather, Stone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 36.2 x 11 x 6.8 cm (14 1/4 x 4 5/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-30-10/18217
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (1939)

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