Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of A.D. Mather (possibly Asaph D. Mather, ca. 1823 to 1880, a banker in Utica, New York); purchased by MAI from Dan Mather in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Late Woodland Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- A. D. Mather, Non-Indian
- Dan Mather, Non-Indian
- Seller
- Dan Mather, Non-Indian
- Date created
- AD 1000–1600 (Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Pestle
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
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