Pestle
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1925 by Alanson B. Skinner (1886-1925, MAI staff member) during MAI-sponsored fieldwork.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1000–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 13/6654
- Barcode
- 136654.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Alanson B. Skinner (A. B. Skinner/Alanson Buck Skinner), Non-Indian, 1886-1925
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Place
- Quaker Bridge; Allegany Reservation; Cattaraugus County; New York; USA
- See related items
- Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Record ID
- NMAI_147047
- Usage
- CC0
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