Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or acquired from local residents before 1924 by Harry E. (Henry) Hurst (1889-1979) while he was stationed in the Dominican Republic with the U.S. Marine Corps; purchased by MAI from Harry Hurst in 1925, possibly through his wife Dolores Ricardo Hurst (ca. 1899-1956).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Ostionoid Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Possible collector
- Harry E. Hurst (Henry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1889-1979
- Previous owner
- Harry E. Hurst (Henry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1889-1979
- Seller
- Harry E. Hurst (Henry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, 1889-1979
- Seller agent
- Dolores Ricardo Hurst (Dolores Ricardo de Hurst/Mrs. Harry E. Hurst), Non-Indian, ca. 1899-1956
- Date created
- AD 600-1500
- Object Name
- Food grater part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Scoria
- Techniques
- Pecked, ground, carved
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
