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Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated by archaeologist Clarence B. Moore (1852-1936), probably in 1915 or 1916; donated to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by C.B. Moore soon afterward; purchased by MAI from the Academy of Natural Sciences with other C.B. Moore collection materials in 1929.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 6000–1000 BC (Middle to Late Archaic period)
- Catalog Number
- 17/1940
- Barcode
- 171940.000
- Culture/People
- possibly Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Clarence Bloomfield Moore (C.B. Moore), Non-Indian, 1852-1936
- Previous owner
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Seller
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University)
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground, grooved
- Place
- Rhone Place; Butler County; Kentucky; USA
- See related items
- Archaic Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Record ID
- NMAI_183746
- Usage
- CC0
