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Hammerstone

Object Details

Collection History
Collected or excavated by Captain Robert R. Bennett (1865-1933, a Washington, DC, attorney and explorer) during travel in Cuba in 1932 ; donated to MAI by Captain Bennett in 1932.
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Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Culture/People
probably Archaic Age (Ortoiroid) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
Collector
Captain Robert R. Bennett (Robert Root Bennett), Non-Indian, 1865-1933
Donor
Captain Robert R. Bennett (Robert Root Bennett), Non-Indian, 1865-1933
Date created
4000 BC-AD 1500
Object Name
Hammerstone
Media/Materials
Stone
Techniques
Pecked, ground
Object Type
Tools and Equipment (General)
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