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Object Number 2004.24.33357D
Display Title 2 Stone pestles/ 1 object label
Descriptions
Object Description "From the ancient shell heaps at Hampton or Seabrook, N.H. Supposed to ante-date any on the coast of New England, in their first formation, and no doubt, of Skraeling origin."
Subject
  • Pestle
Department Photographic
Date 1994
Artist Hillel S. Burger
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Hampshire
Intrasite Shellheap
Additional Geographic Terms Hampton
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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