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Object Number
88-51-10/50455
Display Title
Stone hammer
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pestle, flat round base, tapered shaft to point, abraided
Classification
- Pestle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Salish?
- Tlingit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Sitka Borough
/
Sitka
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 22 x 7.4 x 6.3 cm (8 11/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50455; 74375
Provenance
Collector
J. J. McLean
(1838-1886)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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