Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William D. Phyfe (1862-1927, of New York City); donated to MAI by William D. Phyfe in 1927 in memory of his father James Harding Phyfe (1836-1900).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- William D. Phyfe, Non-Indian, 1862-1927
- Donor
- William D. Phyfe, Non-Indian, 1862-1927
- Honoree
- James Harding Phyfe (J. H. Phyfe), Non-Indian, 1836-1900
- Date created
- AD 1000–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
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