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Object Number 67-12-10/512
Display Title Stone pestle
Descriptions
Object Description Stone pestle
Inventory Description Ground stone, pestle, one end carved and bulbous shaped, other end has losses
Classification
  • Perforated Stone
  • Effigy Pestle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Essex County / Salisbury
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 38 × 5.4 × 5.1 cm (14 15/16 × 2 1/8 × 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 512
Provenance
Collector John P. Pearson (before 1867)
Donor John P. Pearson (1867)

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