Pestle
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Christian F. Schuster (1868-1957, a collector and amateur archaeologist in Holyoke, Massachusetts); donated to MAI by Christian Schuster in 1953.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1000–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Catalog Number
- 22/2201
- Barcode
- 222201.001
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
- Donor
- Christian F. Schuster (Christian Friedrich Schuster/C. F. Schuster), Non-Indian, 1868-1957
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Place
- Connecticut River Valley; Hatfield; Hampshire County; Massachusetts; USA
- See related items
- Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture)
- Food Gathering and Preparation
- Record ID
- NMAI_237113
- Usage
- CC0
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