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Object Number 40-53-60/8447
Display Title White circular stone 2" diameter (mill stone?) - hole and groove in it
Descriptions
Inventory Description Roundstone, white, partially perforated, grooved on 1 side
Classification
  • Tools
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Chinese Turkestan / Sinkiang
Additional Geographic Terms South
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 6.8 x 6.8 x 4.4 cm (2 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-53-60/8447

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