Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frederick Mather Wilson (1844-1904, a sailmaker in Port Jefferson, New York); acquired from him by the Long Island Historical Society in 1878 and 1883; lent to MAI by the Long Island Historical Society in 1921; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Frederick Mather Wilson (F. M. Wilson), Non-Indian, 1844-1904
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Donor
- Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
- Date created
- AD 1000–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
