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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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