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Object Number 67-14-10/581
Display Title Stone pestle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone pestle, rounded at both ends, flat with rounded edges along length, with losses, and a ground stone adze with one end tapered and broken, and the other end flat, rounded, and smooth
Classification
  • Adze
  • Pestle
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Essex County / West Amesbury
Materials Groundstone
Dimensions Overall: 28.1 × 5.3 × 2.9 cm (11 1/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 581; No. 581 / West Amesbury Mass / Gift of J.W. Jackman

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