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Object Number
88-51-10/50456
Display Title
Stone hammer
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone hammer; elbow shaped hammer, one head flat, one slightly convex
Inventory Description
Pestle, round, flat base, knobbed and abraided elbow extension, broken end
Classification
- Pestle
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Sitka Borough
/
Sitka
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 11.4 x 12 x 8.4 cm (4 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50456; 74,233 [crossed out] / 50456 Alaska / McLean
Provenance
Collector
J. J. McLean
(1876?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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