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Object Number 51-33-70/3226
Display Title Grinding stone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Grinding stone, large chipped stone with flat, ground section on one side
Classification
  • Grinding stone
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Australia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 14.7 x 9.6 x 3.7 cm (5 13/16 x 3 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-33-70/3226; A31040 / NO DATA
Credit Line Exchange with South Australia Museum, 1951
Provenance
Exchange participant Museum of South Australia (06/26/1951)
Intermediary Herbert M. Hale (06/26/1951)
Collector Peabody Museum South Australian Expedition

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