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Object Number 99-30-10/56363
Display Title Pestles, 1 broken
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone pestles, one ovoid in silhouette with one flat side, one broken revealing two flat plains
Classification
  • Pestle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Arlington / John Sajamore's Indian village
Additional Geographic Terms Alewife Brook and Mystic River, junction of; Goat Acre
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall (Measurement of broken pestle): 19.4 × 4.4 × 2.9 cm (7 5/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 56363; Goat Acre / Arlington / Oct. 11. 85. Ms.; #stle / Goat Acre / Arlington Ms / Feb. 16, 1888.

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