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Object Number 2016.22.470
Display Title "Corn pounder" hammer?
Descriptions
Object Description "Corn pounder" hammer?
Inventory Description Pestle, cone shape, uneven base, tapered, rounded end
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Ohio / Montgomery County / Dayton
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.5 × 8.1 × 7.7 cm (6 1/8 × 3 3/16 × 3 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.22.470 / Ohio / 470
Credit Line Gift of the Benjamin H. Bristol - Seth R. Boyden Artifact Collection from the Foxborough Historical Commission
Provenance
Owner Foxborough Historical Commission
Owner Benjamin H. Bristol
Collector Seth R. Boyden
Donor Donated by Foxborough Historical Commission (10/25/2016)

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