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Beaming tool for scraping skins and stone pestle
Beaming tool for scraping skins and stone pestle
Object Number 2004.29.1745
Display Title Beaming tool for scraping skins and stone pestle
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New York. (Mapleton) / From Wm. W. Adams. September 1886. / Beaming tool for scraping skins and stone pestle."
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
  • Beaming Tool
  • Pestle
  • Stone
Department Photographic
Date 1886
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New York / Niagara County / Mapleton
Materials Albumen print adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 5.72 x 10.16 cm (2 1/4 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by W. W. Adams

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