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Object Number
67-9-10/83.1
Display Title
Stone pestle (or club?)
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone pestle (or club?).
Inventory Description
Ground stone, effigy pestle, long, generally cylindrical shape, one end has zoomorphic head with long snout, opposite end rounded
Classification
- Effigy Pestle
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Additional Geographic Terms
New England
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 70.7 × 4.6 × 4.4 cm (27 13/16 × 1 13/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
83; [unable to read other faint historic writing on specimen]
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Boston Athenaeum
(1867)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-10-10/230 | Stone pestle |
Effigy Pestle
|
United States
| |
| 33-54-10/1434 | Pestle with carved animal's head |
Effigy Pestle
|
New Hampshire
| |
| 67-10-10/224 | Stone pestle |
Effigy Pestle
|
Essex County
| |
| 67-12-10/512 | Stone pestle |
Effigy Pestle
|
Salisbury
| |
| 69-34-10/2382 | Bird's head pestle |
Effigy Pestle
|
Concord
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Stone hammer or pestle
| 95-11-10/47847 | Stone hammer or pestle |
Effigy Pestle
|
British Columbia
| |
| 48-61-20/18041 | Stone pestle with carved animal (jaguar?) head at top |
Effigy Pestle
|
San Jose
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Stone pestle with human mask
| 17-6-30/C7830 | Stone pestle with human mask |
Effigy Pestle
|
Puerto Rico
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Stone pestle head
| 19-21-30/C9170 | Stone pestle head |
Effigy Pestle
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 17-6-30/C7829 | Stone pestle with human mask |
Effigy Pestle
|
Puerto Rico
| |
| 79-14-20/17920 | Grinding stone, human form |
Effigy Pestle
|
Federal District
| |
| 67-12-10/515 | "Club" of stone |
Pestle
|
West Newbury
|