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Object Number
38-44-10/12853
Display Title
Stone hammer encased in rawhide. used as a pemmican maul. very old
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Maul, round stone head, handle/head covered in leather, bead, quill and tinkler
Classification
- Food processing
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Plains
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 8 x 8 cm (7 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-44-10/12853
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1888-1916)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(1938)
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