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Indian pestle with wooden handle & stone end; also a wooden mortar
Indian pestle with wooden handle & stone end; also a wooden mortar
Object Number 71-9-10/2932.1
Display Title Indian pestle with wooden handle & stone end; also a wooden mortar
Descriptions
Object Description "Indian pestle" with wooden handle & stone end; also wooden mortar hooped with i
Inventory Description Wooden club, tapered, metal ring, stone piece at end
Classification
  • Club
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts
Additional Geographic Terms Nantucket
Materials Wood, Metal, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 102.2 x 8.6 x 6.8 cm (40 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2932 & Nantucket & H.J. Bigelow
Provenance
Provenance Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow (1871)

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