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Object Number 10-36-10/76125
Display Title Potter's smoothing stone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone, smoothing stone, rectangular with rounded edges.
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tipai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California / San Diego County / Campo Village
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.6 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm (4 3/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76125
Provenance
Donor Grace A. Nicholson (1910)

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