Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Albert R. Metz (1858-1929); donated to MAI in 1929 by his children, Margaret Metz Ford (Mrs. Stuart M. Ford, 1891-1971) and A. Russell Metz (Albert Russel Metz, Jr., 1884-1934).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Previous owner
- Albert R. Metz (A.R. Metz), Non-Indian, 1858-1929
- Donor
- Margaret Metz Ford (Margaret V. Metz/Mrs. Stuart M. Ford), Non-Indian, 1891-1971
- A. Russell Metz (Albert Russel Metz, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1884-1934
- Date created
- 8000 BC–AD 900 (Early Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Hammerstone/Grinding stone
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Pecked
- Object Type
- Tools and Equipment (General)
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