Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Marion Eppley (1883-1960, a US Navy captain during World Wars I and II and founder of the Eppley Laboratory of Newport, Rhode Island, makers of precision scientific instruments); donated to MAI by Mr. Eppley in 1937.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Multiple archaeological cultures (attributed), including Late Archaic and Woodland Traditions
- Previous owner
- Marion Eppley, Non-Indian, 1883-1960
- Donor
- Marion Eppley, Non-Indian, 1883-1960
- Date created
- 3000 BC–AD 1600 (Late Archaic to Late Woodland period)
- Object Name
- Mortar fragment/part
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
