Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1921 by anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950); purchased by MAI from Frank Speck in 1921 using funds donated by MAI trustee James B. Ford (1844-1928).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Seller
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Collector
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Presenter/funding source
- James Bishop Ford (James B. Ford), Non-Indian, 1844-1928
- Date created
- 8000 BC–AD 1600 (Early Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Hammerstone
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
